Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
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-.
If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest read more
If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.
The highest law gives a thing to him who can use it.
The highest law gives a thing to him who can use it.
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.
Poverty ... It is life near the bone, where it is sweetest.
Poverty ... It is life near the bone, where it is sweetest.
If misery loves company, misery has company enough.
If misery loves company, misery has company enough.
I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, read more
I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other when they came in contact with the more civilized.
