Adonis Diaries

—John Burroughs

The lesson which life 
constantly repeats 
is to 'look under 
your feet.'

You are always nearer 
to the divine and the 
true sources of your 
power than you 
think.

The lure of the distant 
and the difficult 
is deceptive.

The great opportunity is 
where you are.

Do not despise your own 
place and hour.

Every place is under the stars.
Every place is the center 
of the world.

I am an old man now and have come to the summit of my years. But in my heart is the joy of youth for I have learned that the essentials of life are near at hand and happiness is his who but opens his eyes to the beauty which lies before him.

—John Burroughs