"If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature...."

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Source : John Burroughs, Farida Anna Wiley (1997). “John Burroughs' America: Selections from the Writings of the Naturalist”, p.16, Courier Corporation

John Burroughs

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“You the one that I dream about all day. You the one that I think about always. You are the one so I make sure I behave! My love is your love, your love is my love.”
“Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.”
“Essentially, I'm a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good, I suppose. But one of the reasons I'm attracted to people like Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, Christ, to pacifism, is because naturally, I'm the guy that would not turn the other cheek - but, when people see you're attracted to that, they think you are that.”
“One should mature over 20 years.”
“Granted that I must die, how shall I live?”

Source : Michael Novak (1970). “The Experience of Nothingness”, p.46, Transaction Publishers
“I worked on the United Parcel Service truck, I sold home delivery of milk. But always, in the back of my mind, I wanted to get into radio.”

Source : Source: www.maroonweekly.com
“The heart of entrepreneurship is never about what we have. It's about what we do.”

Source : Jessica Jackley (2015). “Clay Water Brick: Finding Inspiration from Entrepreneurs Who Do the Most with the Least”, p.15, Spiegel & Grau
“The next time you encounter fear, consider yourself lucky. This is where the courage comes in. Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear. When I was first married, my husband said I was one of the bravest people he knew. When I asked him why, he said because I was a complete coward but went ahead and did things anyhow.”

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