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The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
Category: Attitude Author: John Burroughs
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When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of the one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast.
Category: Birds Author: John Burroughs
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I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read and all the friends I want to see.
Category: Carpe Diem Author: John Burroughs
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That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges.
Category: Holidays Author: John Burroughs
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I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
Category: Nature Author: John Burroughs
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Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.
Category: Nature Author: John Burroughs
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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.
Category: Nature Author: John Burroughs
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One is tempted to say that the most human plants, after all, are the weeds.
Category: Weeds Author: John Burroughs Source: Pepacton
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The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the fleshy, in summer. I should say winter had given the bone and sinew to literature, summer the tissues and the blood.
Category: Author: John Burroughs
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