Henry David Thoreau

I do not know how to distinguish between our waking life and a dream. Are we not always living the read more

I do not know how to distinguish between our waking life and a dream. Are we not always living the life that we imagine we are?

What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing about the origin and destiny of cats?

What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing about the origin and destiny of cats?

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out read more

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.

The man who goes out alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other read more

The man who goes out alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

LightWinged Smoke
Lightwinged Smoke, Icarian bird,
Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight,
Lark without song, and read more

LightWinged Smoke
Lightwinged Smoke, Icarian bird,
Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight,
Lark without song, and the messenger of dawn,
Circling above the hamlets as thy nest;
Or else, departing dream, and shadowy form
Of midnight vision, gathering up thy skirts;
By night star-veiling, and by day
Darkening the light and blotting out the sun;
Go thou my incense upward from this hearth,
And ask the gods to pardon this clear flame.
-Henry David Thoreau-.