Quote by John Burroughs
Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the str

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. – John Burroughs

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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. – John Burroughs

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Happiness
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A man can fail many times, but he isnt a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. – John Burroughs

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Failure
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Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him. – John Burroughs

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There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our thoughts. – Bertrand Russell

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Let me enjoy the earth no less
Because the all-enacting Might
That fashioned forth its loveliness
Had other aims than my delight. – Thomas Hardy

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Earth

The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom. – Clarence Darrow

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Earth

In practice, a global approach is needed when dealing with the problems of the spaceship earth which affect all of mankind. But local solutions, inevitably conditioned by local interests, are required for the problems peculiar to each human settlement. – Ren

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The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace. – Paramahansa Yogananda

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Lawyers and painters can soon make whats black, white. – Proverb

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Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections. – Tony Campolo

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