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Quotes from Accepting the Universe — John Burroughs

1837–1921 United States

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The truths of naturalism do not satisfy the moral and religious nature.

Accepting the Universe (1920)

We are here to see and contemplate the great spectacle.

Accepting the Universe (1920)

Every day is a Sabbath to me. All pure water is holy water, and this earth is a celestial abode.

Accepting the Universe (1920)

In us or through us the Primal Mind will have contemplated and enjoyed its own works and will continue to do so as long as human life endures on this planet.

Accepting the Universe (1920)

Science kills credulity and superstition, but to the well-balanced mind it enhances the feeling of wonder, of veneration, and of kinship which we feel in the presence of the miraculous universe.

Accepting the Universe (1920)

Man’s craving for the supernatural is as natural as our discounting of the present moment... The natural becomes trite and commonplace to us and we take refuge in an imaginary world above and beyond it.

Accepting the Universe (1920)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Burroughs (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.