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John Burroughs Quotes: Few persons realize how much of their happiness, such as it is, is dependent upon their work.
         

Few persons realize how much of their happiness, such as it is, is dependent upon their work.


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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.



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



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



One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.



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The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.



In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.

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