“How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are the...” — John Burroughs Quote

“How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.”

“When the woodpecker is searching for food, or laying siege to some hidden grub, the sound of his hammer is dead or muffled and is heard but a few yards. It is only upon dry, seasoned timber, freed of its bark, that he beats his reveille to spring and wooes his mate.”

“Why, we have invented the whole machinery of the supernatural, with its unseen spirits and powers, good and bad, to account for things, because we found the universal everyday nature too cheap, too common, too vulgar.”

“I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.”

“Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.”

“In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.”