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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To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

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,...

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he...

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he...

If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say...

If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say...

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 Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.

The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.

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,...

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...

Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.

Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put...

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put...

The secret of happiness is something to do.

The secret of happiness is something to do.

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...

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain...

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain...

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...

How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last...

How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last...

Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little...

Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little...

Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you...

Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you...