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Sun Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- The sun is but a morning star.
- By my intimacy with nature I find myself withdrawn from man. My interest in the sun and the moon, in the morning and the evening,…
- The indescribable innocence of and beneficence of Nature,-of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter,-such health, such cheer, they afford forever!
- The indescribable innocence and beneficence of Nature-of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter-such health, such cheer, they afford forever! and such sympathy…
- Before the end of December, generally, they experience their first thawing. Those which a month ago were sour, crabbed, and quite unpalatable to the civilized…
- Every day a new picture is painted and framed, held up for half an hour, in such lights as the Great Artist chooses, and then…
- Not secondary to the sun, she gives us his blaze again, Void of its flame, and sheds a softer day... In Heaven queen she is…
- It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not, it was of the last importance only to be present…
- The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode.
- Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will,…
- The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to…
- to one whose elastic and vigorous thoughts keep pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning. It matters not the labors and attitudes…
- The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even…
- So long as a man is faithful to himself, everything is in his favor, government, society, the very sun, moon, and stars.
- Every sunset which I witness inspires me with the desire to go to a west as distant and as fair as that into which the…
- I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
- To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
More Sun Quotes
- Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi
- The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed… — Alfred Austin
- You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is… — Sai Baba
- Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but… — Gamaliel Bailey
- Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us,… — James A. Baldwin
- The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. — Henry Ward Beecher
- We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving… — Henry Ward Beecher
- The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in… — Joseph Addison
- Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. — Alexander Graham Bell
- The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that… — Cyrano de Bergerac
- For an Apple is in it self a little Universe; the Seed, hotter than the other parts thereof, is its Sun, which… — Cyrano de Bergerac
- I planted my self in the middle of a great many Glasses full of Dew, tied fast about me, upon which the… — Cyrano de Bergerac