"It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative" — John Burroughs

The roaring of the wind is my wife and the stars through the window pane are my children

Source: Letters of John Keats (1817-1820)

Four seasons fill the measure of the year; there are four seasons in the mind of man

Source: The Human Seasons (1818)

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body

Source: The Tatler, no. 147 (1710)

My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk

Source: Letters of John Keats (1817-1820)

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud

Source: The Spectator, no. 225 (1711)

Memory is the diary that we all carry around with us

Source: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

John Burroughs Quote