John Burroughs Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The secret of happiness is something to do.”

“To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.”

“The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.”

“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.”

“A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.”

“The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.”

“How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.”

“I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.”

“Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.”

“To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.”