"How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days."

Burroughs, John on Age and Aging
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"Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him."

Burroughs, John on Fun
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"The secret of happiness is something to do."

Burroughs, John on Happiness
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"Life is a struggle, but not a warfare."

Burroughs, John on Life and Living
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"Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all."

Burroughs, John on Men
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"The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are."

Burroughs, John on Opportunity
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"One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then."

Burroughs, John on Philosophers and Philosophy
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"For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice -- no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service."

Burroughs, John on Self-sacrifice
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"It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative."

Burroughs, John on Belief
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"A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying."

Burroughs, John on Blame
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"Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these."

Burroughs, John on Temperament
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"Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man."

Burroughs, John on Travel and Tourism
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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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