John Burroughs Quotes

You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.

On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows.

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for good ends. She has brought me here and will also lead me away. She may scold me, but she will not hate her work. I trust her.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

I was inspired to spend an entire year - my 65th year - reading, researching, and meditating on Lao-tzu's messages, practicing them and ultimately writing down these insights as I felt Lao-tzu wanted us to know them.

One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.

Nature is the fountain's head, the source from whence all originality must spring.

Listen to the sounds of nature. Wishing you the best on your trek towards your dreams.

I never try to sit down with a moral because kids smell that and run.

My main language was music, and my teacher was nature.

Listening to nature's operating instructions.

Literature seemed to be everything then. People looked to it for the strength to live, for guidance, for revelation.

The sound of water escaping from mill-dams, etc., willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts, and brickwork.those scenes made me a painter and I am grateful.

Looking at scenes of nature, for even a short while, can help us become more insightful, more creative, and more productive.

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

Those honor nature well, who teach that she can speak on everything...

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.

There has never been a painting that was more beautiful than nature. The model does not unfold herself to you, you must rise to her. She should be the inspiration for your painting. No man has ever over-appreciated a human being.

Let us not go hurrying about and collecting honey, bee-like buzzing here and there for a knowledge of what is not to be arrived at, but let us open our leaves like a flower, and be passive and receptive, budding patiently under the eye of Apollo, and taking hints from every noble insect that favours us with a visit - sap will be given us for meat and dew for drink.

Those who are inspired by a model other than Nature, labor in vain.

Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books. The trees and the rocks will teach you that which you cannot hear from the masters.

Learn from nature. See how everything gets accomplished and how the miracle of life unfolds without dissatisfaction or unhappiness.