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Universe Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.
- I do not value any view of the universe into which man and the institutions of man enter very largely and absorb much of the…
- How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for though the world is so old - and so many…
- My desire for knowledge is intermittent; but my desire to commune with the spirit of the universe, to be intoxicated with the fumes, call it,…
- The stars are the apexes of what wonderful triangles! What distant and different beings in the various mansions of the universe are contemplating the same…
- The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us.
- Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again And what do we teach…
- Probe the universe in a myriad of points. ... He is a wise man who has taken many views; to whom stones and plants and…
- I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life…
- When a man truly commits, the universe will conspire to assure his success.
- We boast of our system of education, but why stop at schoolmasters and schoolhouses? We are all schoolmasters, and our schoolhouse is the universe. To…
- A thrumming of piano-strings beyond the gardens and through the elms. At length the melody steals into my being. I know not when it began…
- As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness…
- The universe is wider than our views of it.
- A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in…
- How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for though the world is so old - and so many…
- I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life…
- Let us wander where we will, the universe is built round about us, and we are central still.
- Marching is when the pulse ofthe hero beats in unison with the pulse of Nature, and he steps to the measure of the universe; then…
- Would it not be worth while to discover nature in Milton? be native to the universe? I, too, love Concord best, but I am glad…
More Universe Quotes
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. — Marcus Aurelius
- Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing… — Marcus Aurelius
- Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky,… — Sai Baba
- Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it. — James A. Baldwin
- The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit. — Ansel Adams
- There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here,… — Douglas Adams
- In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a… — Douglas Adams
- The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl. — Dave Barry
- The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. — Scott Adams
- The principle of subordination is the great bond of union and harmony through the universe. — Catharine Beecher
- If Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back to where he came from. — Robert Benchley