By a conscious effort of the mind we can stand aloof from actions and their consequences; and all things, good and bad, go by us like a torrent. Henry David Thoreau More Quotes by Henry David Thoreau More Quotes From Henry David Thoreau Far travel, very far travel, or travail, comes near to the worth of staying at home. Henry David Thoreau staying home travel How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it. Henry David Thoreau usa political men In society, in the best institutions of men, it is easy to detect a certain precocity. When we should still be growing children, we are already little men. Give me a culture which imports much muck from the meadows, and deepens the soil,--not that which trusts to heating manures, and improved implements, and modes of culture only! Henry David Thoreau nature men children It is said that a rogue does not look you in the face, neither does an honest man look at you as if he had his reputation to establish. Henry David Thoreau doe men looks Today you may write a chapter on the advantages of traveling, and tomorrow you may write another chapter on the advantages of not traveling. Henry David Thoreau home writing travel We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. Henry David Thoreau congratulations success motivational Listen to music religiously, as if it were the last strain you might hear. Henry David Thoreau music lasts might It is possible to invent a house still more convenient and luxurious than we have...but shall we always study to obtain more of these things, and not sometimes to be content with less? Henry David Thoreau study house sometimes It is so rare to meet with a man outdoors who cherishes a worthy thought in his mind, which is independent of the labor of his hands. Behind every man's busy-ness there should be a level of undisturbed serenity and industry, as within the reef encircling a coral isle there is always an expanse of still water, where the depositions are going on which will finally raise it above the surface. Henry David Thoreau independent men thinking What is peculiar in the life of a man consists not in his obedience, but his opposition, to his instincts. In one direction or another he strives to live a supernatural life. Henry David Thoreau one-direction men life It seems to me that the god that is commonly worshipped in civilized countries is not at all divine, though he bears a divine name, but is the overwhelming authority and respectability of mankind combined. Men reverence one another, not yet God. Henry David Thoreau god men country The highest condition of art is artlessness. Henry David Thoreau philosophy history art I begin to see an object when I cease to understand it. Henry David Thoreau awe vision nature What the first philosopher taught the last will have to repeat. Henry David Thoreau taught lasts firsts Poetry is nothing but healthy speech. Henry David Thoreau speech healthy poetry A strange age of the world this, when empires, kingdoms, and republics come a-begging to a private man's door, and utter their complaints at his elbow! I cannot take up a newspaper but I find that some wretched government or other, hard pushed and on its last legs, is interceding with me, the reader, to vote for it. Henry David Thoreau democracy doors men Man wanted a home, a place for warmth, or comfort, first of physical warmth, then the warmth of the affections. Henry David Thoreau comfort home men All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character of the voters is not staked. I cast my vote, perchance, as I think right; but I am not vitally concerned that right should prevail. I am willing to leave it to the majority. Henry David Thoreau voting character thinking No mortal is alert enough to be present at the first dawn of spring. Henry David Thoreau dawn spring firsts The flowers of the apple are perhaps the most beautiful of any tree's, so copious and so delicious to both sight and scent. Henry David Thoreau flower sight beautiful
