Burroughs, John

US essayist and naturalist

• "A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else."
• "The secret of happiness is something to do."
• "The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it."
• "Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral."
• "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."