To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.
More Quotes from John Burroughs:
One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this 'To rise above little things.'John Burroughs
I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.
John Burroughs
Temperament lies behind mood behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture and finally the power of climate and environment and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.
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
You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush.
John Burroughs
In sorrow he learned this truth Though one may return to the place of his birth, He cannot go back to his youth
John Burroughs
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