"In the fields and woods more than anywhere else all things come to those
who wait, because all things are on the move, and are sure sooner or later
to come your way. To absorb a thing is better than to learn it, and we
absorb what we enjoy. We learn things at school, we absorb them in the
fields and woods and on the farm. When we look upon Nature with
fondness and appreciation she meets us halfway and takes a deeper hold
upon us than when studiously conned. Hence I say the way of knowledge
of Nature is the way of love and enjoyment, and is more surely found in
the open air than in the school-room or the laboratory."
- John Burroughs