How much there is in books that one does not want to know, that it would be a mere weariness and burden to the spirit to know.
John BurroughsI want nothing less than a faith founded upon a rock, faith in the constitution of things. The various man-made creeds are fictitious, like the constellations Orion, Cassiopeiaโs Chair, the Big Dipper; the only thing real in them is the stars, and the only thing real in the creeds is the soulโs aspiration toward the Infinite.
John BurroughsYou cannot use [nuclear weapons] to target civilians; you cannot use them against military targets if they have indiscriminate effects on civilians in addition to the attack on the military target.
John Burroughs