The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is 'look under foot.' You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great…

Quote by John Burroughs

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Leap, and the net will appear.

Leap, and the net will appear.

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think,...

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think,...

To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.

To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending...

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending...

I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands...

I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands...

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending...

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending...

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that...

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that...

Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can...

Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can...

To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.

To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only...

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only...

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where...

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where...

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work,...

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work,...

Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can...

Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can...

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my...

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my...

Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent times

Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent times

Re-investing in one's own little moments of insight is very important.

Re-investing in one's own little moments of insight is very important.

Trust and honesty is an investment you put in people.

Trust and honesty is an investment you put in people.

How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts?...

How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts?...

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man...

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man...