John Burroughs

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion.

Leap, and the net will appear.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

I don't mind if other people call me an atheist, but I call myself a naturalist. Atheism doesn't tell you much about what I do believe in; the term naturalist opens up the discussion better.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.