Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man. – John Burroughs
Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. – John Burroughs
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice — no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service. – John Burroughs
If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go. – John Burroughs