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.
John Burroughs
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- To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.
- If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.
- To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.
- A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
- A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.