The type of mind of Whitman’s, which seldom or never emerges as a mere mentality, an independent thinking and knowing faculty, but always as a personality, always as a complete human entity, never can expound itself, because its operations are synthetic and not analytic; its mainspring is love and not mere knowledge. John Burroughs Read Quote
Like tens of thousands of others, I have been a spectator of, rather than a participator in, the activities – political, commercial, sociological, scientific – of the times in which I have lived. John Burroughs Read Quote
One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then. John Burroughs Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That’s Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that. John Burroughs Read Quote
Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all. John Burroughs Read Quote
You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think. John Burroughs Read Quote
Emerson was such an important figure in our literary history, and in the moral and religious development of our people, that attention cannot be directed to him too often. John Burroughs Read Quote
My books are, in a way, a record of my life – that part of it that came to flower and fruit in my mind. John Burroughs Read Quote
