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“ Man takes root at his feet, and at best he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage till he has established communication with the soil by the loving and magnetic touch of his soles to it. ”

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Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.

~ John Burroughs

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

~ John Burroughs

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

~ John Burroughs

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

~ John Burroughs