Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
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.
All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing read more
All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong.
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
Do not lose hold of your dreams or asprirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have read more
Do not lose hold of your dreams or asprirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
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.
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.
For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snow-storms and
rain-storms and did my duty faithfully.
For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snow-storms and
rain-storms and did my duty faithfully.
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
