A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
More Quotes from John Burroughs:
The natural forces crush and destroy man when he transgresses them, as they destroy or neutralize one another.John Burroughs
The atmosphere of our time is fast being cleared of the fumes and deadly gases that arose during the carboniferous age of theology.
John Burroughs
Happiness comes most to persons who seek her least, and think least about it. It is not an object to be sought it is a state to be induced. It must follow and not lead. It must overtake you, and not you overtake it.
John Burroughs
One goes to Nature only for hints and half-truths. Her facts are crude until you have absorbed them or translated them.... It is not so much what we see as what the thing seen suggests.
John Burroughs
To find the universal elements enough to find the air and the water exhilarating to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter ... to be thrilled by the stars at night to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
John Burroughs
To find new things, take the path you took yesterday.
John Burroughs
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