The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind. John Burroughs More Quotes by John Burroughs More Quotes From John Burroughs Oh, Spring is surely coming, Her couriers fill the air; Each morn are new arrivals, Each night her ways prepare; I scent her fragrant garments, Her foot is on the stair. John Burroughs air spring night He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter. John Burroughs summer winter world Nature is not benevolent; Nature is just, gives pound for pound, measure for measure, makes no exceptions, never tempers her decrees with mercy, or winks at any infringement of her laws. John Burroughs nature law giving Serene, I fold my hands and wait, Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea; I rave no more 'gainst time or fate, For lo! my own shall come to me. John Burroughs fate time hands In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. John Burroughs woods weather snow One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’. John Burroughs new-year inspirational funny 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. John Burroughs color sky blue 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. John Burroughs educational garden nature The bluebird enjoys the preeminence of being the first bit of color that cheers our northern landscape. The other birds that arrive about the same time--the sparrow, the robin, the phoebe-bird--are clad in neutral tints, gray, brown, or russet; but the bluebird brings one of the primary hues and the divinest of them all. John Burroughs color cheer bird The secret of happiness is something to do. John Burroughs inner-peace secret happiness Happiness comes most to persons who seek it 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 states happiness thinking Few persons realize how much of their happiness is dependent upon their work, upon the fact that they are busy and not left to feed upon themselves. Blessed is the person who has some congenial work, some occupation in which to place one's heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces that are in him or her. John Burroughs blessed work heart If you want to see birds, you must have birds in your heart. John Burroughs want heart bird If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature. John Burroughs three names book When you bait your hook with your heart, the fish always bite. John Burroughs bait fishing heart Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the stream is a saving ordinance. Communion service is at all hours, and the bread and wine are from the heart and marrow of Mother Earth. There are no heretics in Nature's church; all are believers, all are communicants. The beauty of natural religion is that you have it all the time; you do not have to seek it afar off in myths and legends, in catacombs, in garbled texts, in miracles of dead saints or wine-bibbing friars. It is of today; it is now and here; it is everywhere. John Burroughs religious mother heart Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world. John Burroughs stars opportunity life To the scientist Nature is a storehouse of facts, laws, processes; to the artist she is a storehouse of pictures; to the poet she is a storehouse of images, fancies, a source of inspiration; to the moralist she is a storehouse of precepts and parables; to all she may be a source of knowledge and joy. John Burroughs nature artist inspiration Nothing relieves and ventilates the mind like a resolution. John Burroughs relief mind inspirational The place to observe nature is where you are. John Burroughs where-you-are nature
