Quote by Michael Finkel Download Open image ““Not till we have lost the world,” wrote Thoreau, “do we begin to find ourselves.”” — Michael Finkel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“...Not till we are completely lost, or turned round,--for a man needs only to be turned round once with his eyes shut in this… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Aldo Leopold, the early 20th century's Henry David Thoreau, said that we should think like a mountain, with a sense of permanence and a long view. At the beginning of the 21st century, we are at a peak of human power, wealth and information... We need to look back at our wonderful natural and human heritage, and cherish and protect… — Robert Bateman Copy Share
“Henry David Thoreau (who wrote, “I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest… — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
“Only when we are truly lost are we free to choose our own path.” — Hugo Embleton-Black Copy Share Image
“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. HENRY DAVID THOREAU” — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“It may remain for us to learn… that our task is only beginning, and that there will never be given to us even the ghost of any help, save the help of unutterable and unthinkable Time. We may have to learn that the infinite whirl of death and birth, out of which we cannot escape, is of our own creation,… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share
“In our attempt to have everything, we find ourselves left with nothing.” — Elizabeth Hayley Copy Share Image
“The spirit now wills his own will, and he who had been lost to the world now conquers the world.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I never do formal interviews. I don't use a tape recorder. I take notes but occasionally. — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“He has seen the bottomless nonsense of our world and has decided, like most of us, to simply try to tolerate it. He appears… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
America might be the land of second chances, but it ain't the land of third chances. — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“The American essayist William Deresiewicz wrote that “no real excellence, personal or social, artistic, philosophical, scientific, or moral, can arise without solitude.” — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“The first great literary work about solitude, the Tao Te Ching, was written in ancient China, likely in the sixth century B.C., by a… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
There have always been hermits: people who want to get away from other humans. Literally, some of the first extant books and poems found… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
I think many people have this sense that something about modern society - the screens, the noise, the traffic, the constant busyness - has… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
I'd lied many times: to bolster my credentials, to elicit sympathy, to make myself appear less ordinary. — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“He never bothered listening to sports; the bored him, every one of them.” — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
