Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. – John Burroughs
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. – John Burroughs
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read and all the friends I want to see. – John Burroughs
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