Best Henry David Thoreau Lines
- Birds never sing in caves. Bird
- Men are probably nearer the essential truth in their superstitions than in their science. Essential
- It is childish to rest in the discovery of mere coincidences, or of partial and extraneous laws. Childish
- Man cannot afford to be a naturalist, to look at Nature directly, but only with the side of his eye. He must look through and… Afford
- I have a deep sympathy with war; it so apes the gait and bearing of the soul. Apes
- After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no room for pretension or excessive ceremony, no shaking… Advantage
- We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to… Communicate
- We are enabled to apprehend at all what is sublime and noble only by the perpetual instilling and drenching of the reality that surrounds us.… Agnosticism
- Cast your whole vote, not a piece of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless when it conforms to a majority; but… All
- It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but… Able
- The intellect of most men is barren. They neither fertilize or are fertilized. It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the… Awakened
- Did ever a man try heroism, magnanimity, truth, sincerity, and find that there was no advantage in them - that it was a vain endeavor? Advantage
- One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter. Little
- I pray that the life of this spring and summer may ever lie fair in my memory. Ever Lie
- Live in each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit. Air
- In August, the large masses of berries, which, when in flower, had attracted many wild bees, gradually assumed their bright velvety crimson hue, and by… Assumed
- I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. Deal
- The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day. Day
- Be not merely good. Be good for something. Good
- Simplify, simplify, simplify. Inspirational
- I saw a muskrat come out of a hole in the ice ... While I am looking at him, I am thinking what he is… All
- Every man who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition, has been particularly inclined to abstain from… Abstain
- I have just been through the process of killing a cistudo for the sake of science; but I cannot excuse myself for this murder, and… Act
- He listens equally to the prayers of the believer and the unbeliever. Believer
- Man emulates earth Earth emulates heaven Heaven emulates the Way The way emulates nature. Earth
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