John Burroughs Quotes

If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature. And the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature.

One day, when I own a house, I'll keep a library full of books. Books are different from other possessions-they're more like friends.

A book is a friend. You can never have too many.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Yes! the books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill! The only years of my life that I can look back on with something like pride... Early and late, through the long winter nights and the quiet summer days, I drank at the fountain of knowledge, and never wearied of the draught.

I honestly believe there is absolutely nothing like going to bed with a good #book; or a friend who's #read one.

He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends

Sometimes a tree tells you more than can be read in books.

Books are ever available friends, ready to serve you at will.

Books come at my call and return when I desire them; they are never out of humor and they answer all my questions with readiness. Some present in review before me the events of past ages; others reveal to me the secrets of Nature. These teach me how to live, and those how to die; these dispel my melancholy by their mirth, and amuse me by their sallies of wit. Some there are who prepare my soul to suffer everything, to desire nothing, and to become thoroughly acquainted with itself. In a word, they open the door to all the arts and sciences.

Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don't talk back.

The pleasantest of all diversions is to sit alone under the lamp, a book spread out before you, and to make friends with people of a distant past you have never known.

Come, my best Friends! my Books! and lead me on.

Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.

We never tire of the friendships we form with books.

Books—they weren't ladders out of the abyss, but they were companions.

Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.

Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people-- people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.

Nature is, after all, the only book that offers important content on every page.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature.

A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.

Do you wish to learn? There are books that can teach you anything, and there is no cheaper form of education, nor one whose effects are more lasting. My education came from books, and they have been my companions by many campfires, in bunkhouses, ships' forecastles, in hotels and on planes. No matter where you find me, I am never far from a book.

As long as we have books, we are not alone.

Reading brings us unknown friends

You'll enjoy it. There is much you can learn from books and scrolls," said Jeod. He gestured at the walls. "These books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life." "It sounds intriguing," admitted Eragon. "Always the scholar, aren't you?" asked Brom. Jeod shrugged. "Not anymore. I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.