--- title: "16 Weather Quotes By Henry David Thoreau" description: "16 Weather quotes by Henry David Thoreau. Plus more from Henry David Thoreau and more Weather sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/henry-david-thoreau-20_body_of-what-use-were-it-pray-to-get-a-little_601066.jpg" --- > [Of what use were it, pray, to get a little wood to burn, to warm your body this cold weather, if there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/of-what-use-were-it-pray-to-get-a-little-wood-to-burn-to-warm-your/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/henry-david-thoreau-20_body_of-what-use-were-it-pray-to-get-a-little_601066.jpg) > [Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/take-long-walks-in-stormy-weather-or-through-deep-snows-in-the-fields/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/henry-david-thoreau-20_brutes_take-long-walks-in-stormy-weather-or-thr_974387.jpg) > [It is dry, hazy June weather. We are more of the earth, farther from heaven these days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/it-is-dry-hazy-june-weather-we-are-more-of-the-earth-farther-from/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b7/henry-david-thoreau-20_dry_it-is-dry-hazy-june-weather-we-are-more_917433.jpg) > [Waves of a serene life pass over us from time to time, like flakes of sunlight over the fields in cloudy weather.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/waves-of-a-serene-life-pass-over-us-from-time-to-time-like-flakes-of/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/henry-david-thoreau-20_cloudy_waves-of-a-serene-life-pass-over-us-from_1236247.jpg) > [The change from storm and winter to serene and mild weather, from dark and sluggish hours to bright and elastic ones, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-change-from-storm-and-winter-to-serene-and-mild-weather-from-dark/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/henry-david-thoreau-20_all-things_the-change-from-storm-and-winter-to-sere_1981931.jpg) > [Men go to a fire for entertainment. When I see how eagerly men will run to a fire, whether in warm or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/men-go-to-a-fire-for-entertainment-when-i-see-how-eagerly-men-will/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e3/henry-david-thoreau-20_cold_men-go-to-a-fire-for-entertainment-when_1968752.jpg) > [The opening of large tracts by the ice-cutters commonly causes a pond to break up earlier; for the water, agitated by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-opening-of-large-tracts-by-the-ice-cutters-commonly-causes-a-pond/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/henry-david-thoreau-20_break_the-opening-of-large-tracts-by-the-ice-c_2501675.jpg) > [There they lived on, those New England people, farmer lives, father and grandfather and great-grandfather, on and on without noise, keeping up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/there-they-lived-on-those-new-england-people-farmer-lives-father-and/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bf/henry-david-thoreau-20_england_there-they-lived-on-those-new-england-pe_2871814.jpg) > [The church is a sort of hospital for men's souls, and as full of quackery as the hospital for their bodies. Those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-church-is-a-sort-of-hospital-for-men-s-souls-and-as-full-of/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54d/henry-david-thoreau-20_body_the-church-is-a-sort-of-hospital-for-men_137561.jpg) > [We often love to think now of the life of men on beaches,--at least in midsummer, when the weather is serene; their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/we-often-love-to-think-now-of-the-life-of-men-on-beaches-at-least-in/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/henry-david-thoreau-20_beach_we-often-love-to-think-now-of-the-life-o_263749.jpg) > [Surely the fates are forever kind, though Nature's laws are more immutable than any despot's, yet to man's daily life they rarelyseem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/surely-the-fates-are-forever-kind-though-nature-s-laws-are-more/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/643/henry-david-thoreau-20_daily-life_surely-the-fates-are-forever-kind-though_983201.jpg) > [If I wished to see a mountain or other scenery under the most favorable auspices, I would go to it in foul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/if-i-wished-to-see-a-mountain-or-other-scenery-under-the-most/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/henry-david-thoreau-20_eye_if-i-wished-to-see-a-mountain-or-other-s_2689653.jpg) > [In clear weather the laziest may look across the Bay as far as Plymouth at a glance, or over the Atlantic as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/in-clear-weather-the-laziest-may-look-across-the-bay-as-far-as/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/812/henry-david-thoreau-20_casts_in-clear-weather-the-laziest-may-look-ac_268747.jpg) > [Frequently also some fair-weather finery ripped off a vessel by a storm near the coast was nailed up against an outhouse. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/frequently-also-some-fair-weather-finery-ripped-off-a-vessel-by-a/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/henry-david-thoreau-20_anglo-saxon_frequently-also-some-fair-weather-finery_378592.jpg) > [To watch this crystal globe just sent from heaven to associate with me. While these clouds and this somber drizzling weather shut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/to-watch-this-crystal-globe-just-sent-from-heaven-to-associate-with/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/958/henry-david-thoreau-20_associates_to-watch-this-crystal-globe-just-sent-fr_905446.jpg) > [In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/in-any-weather-at-any-hour-of-the-day-or-night-i-have-been-anxious-to-2/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/henry-david-thoreau-20_anxious_in-any-weather-at-any-hour-of-the-day-or_3155633.jpg) ## Other authors on Weather - [Mark Twain 19 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/weather/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-russell-lowell-46720.jpg) James Russell Lowell 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/weather/james-russell-lowell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/weather/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/weather/charles-dickens/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/weather/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-chuck-palahniuk-24118.jpg) Chuck Palahniuk 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/weather/chuck-palahniuk/) - [Benjamin Franklin 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/weather/benjamin-franklin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-al-gore-10150.jpg) Al Gore 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/weather/al-gore/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-fry-87000.jpg) Stephen Fry 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/weather/stephen-fry/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jane-austen-47065.jpg) Jane Austen 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/weather/jane-austen/) - [Israelmore Ayivor 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/weather/israelmore-ayivor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andy-goldsworthy-13164.jpg) Andy Goldsworthy 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/weather/andy-goldsworthy/) ## More by Henry David Thoreau > [If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/if-ever-i-did-a-man-any-goodof-course-it-was-something-exceptional/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/our-inventions-are-wont-to-be-pretty-toys-which-distract-our/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [“Men say they know many things; But lo! they have taken wings, — The arts and sciences, And a thousand appliances; The wind that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/men-say-they-know-many-things-but-lo-they-have-taken-wings-the-arts/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [I am not afraid of praise, for I have practiced it on myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-am-not-afraid-of-praise-for-i-have-practiced-it-on-myself/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or back gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/all-voting-is-a-sort-of-gaming-like-checkers-or-back-gammon-with-a/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [“This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/this-spending-of-the-best-part-of-one-s-life-earning-money-in-order/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/as-for-doing-good-that-is-one-of-the-professions-which-is-full/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/a-traveler-who-looks-at-things-with-an-impartial-eye-may-see-what-the/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post office. You may depend on it, that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/in-proportion-as-our-inward-life-fails-we-go-more-constantly-and/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-had-three-chairs-in-my-house-one-for-solitude-two-for-friendship/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-still-youthful-energies-of-the-globe-have-only-to-be-directed-in/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [Concord's little arch does not span all our fate, nor is what transpires under it law for the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/concord-s-little-arch-does-not-span-all-our-fate-nor-is-what/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [The lumberers rarely trouble themselves to put out their fires, such is the dampness of the primitive forest; and this is one cause, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-lumberers-rarely-trouble-themselves-to-put-out-their-fires-such/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [“When he has obtained those things which are necessary to life, there is another alternative than to obtain the superfluities; and that is, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/when-he-has-obtained-those-things-which-are-necessary-to-life-there/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [Wealth is measured by the level of experience in all aspects of life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/wealth-is-measured-by-the-level-of-experience-in-all-aspects-of-life/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/weather/henry-david-thoreau/#itemlist", "name": "16 Weather Quotes By Henry David Thoreau", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Of what use were it, pray, to get a little wood to burn, to warm your body this cold weather, if there were not a divine fire kindled at the same time to warm your spirit?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry David Thoreau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/of-what-use-were-it-pray-to-get-a-little-wood-to-burn-to-warm-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/henry-david-thoreau-20_body_of-what-use-were-it-pray-to-get-a-little_601066.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/henry-david-thoreau-20_body_of-what-use-were-it-pray-to-get-a-little_601066.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/henry-david-thoreau-20_body_of-what-use-were-it-pray-to-get-a-little_601066.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Of what use were it, pray, to get a little wood to burn, to warm your body this cold weather, if there were…” — Henry David Thoreau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. 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