Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the read more
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.
The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.
Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.
Simplicity is the nature of great souls.
Simplicity is the nature of great souls.
Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances read more
Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have even lived a more simple and meagre life than the poor. -Henry David Thoreau.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and read more
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a read more
I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.
Fire is the most tolerable third party
Fire is the most tolerable third party
A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures read more
A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.