The deeper our insight into the methods of nature . . . the more incredible the popular Christianity seems to us.
John BurroughsAll sounds are sharper in winter; the air transmits better. At night I hear more distinctly the steady roar of the North Mountain. In summer it is a sort of complacent purr, as the breezes stroke down its sides; but in winter always the same low, sullen growl.
John BurroughsThe fuel in the earth will be exhausted in a thousand or more years, and its mineral wealth, but man will find substitutes for these in the winds, the waves, the sun's heat, and so forth.
John BurroughsThere is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
John Burroughs