John Burroughs: "Leap, and the net will appear."

About John Burroughs

John Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the conservation movement in the United States. The first of his essay collections was Wake-Robin in 1871.

More quotations from John Burroughs

The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is 'look under foot.' You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.

—John Burroughs

The secret of happiness is something to do.

—John Burroughs

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

—John Burroughs

nature healing wilderness

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.

—John Burroughs

winter

The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense his life.… The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds—how many human aspirations are realised in their free, holiday-lives—and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song!

—John Burroughs

birds

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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The mighty oak was once a little nut that stood its ground.

—Unknown

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The possible ranks higher than the actual.

—Martin Heidegger

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When all else is lost, the future still remains.

—Christian Nestell Bovee

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To achieve the impossible, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

—Tom Robbins

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