I do not know but thoughts written down thus in a journal might be printed in the same form with greater advantage than if the related ones were brought together into separate essays. Henry David Thoreau More Quotes by Henry David Thoreau More Quotes From Henry David Thoreau Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old; return to them. Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do not want society. Henry David Thoreau clothes garden life Asked whether or not he believed in an afterlife, Thoreau quipped, "One world at a time." Henry David Thoreau afterlife earth world Fishing has been styled 'a contemplative man's recreation,' ... and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation. Henry David Thoreau fishing men science What are the libraries of science but files of newspapers? Henry David Thoreau library newspapers science Men are probably nearer the essential truth in their superstitions than in their science. Henry David Thoreau gambling truth men 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 is irresistable when it clogs by its whole weight. If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose. Henry David Thoreau giving-up fear war When the leaves fall, the whole earth is a cemetery pleasant to walk in. I love to wander and muse over them in their graves. Here are no lying nor vain epitaphs. Henry David Thoreau summer death lying Men talk of freedom! How many are free to think? Free from fear, from perturbation, from prejudice? Nine hundred and ninety-nine in a thousand are perfect slaves. Henry David Thoreau freedom men thinking What we want is not mainly to colonize Nebraska with free men, but to colonize Massachusetts with free men-to be free ourselves. As the enterprise of a few individuals, that is brave and practical; but as the enterprise of the State, it is cowardice and imbecility. What odds where we squat, or bow much ground we cover? It is not the soil that we would make free, but men. Henry David Thoreau freedom odds men We have used up all our inherited freedom, like the young bird the albumen in the egg. It is not an era of repose. If we would save our lives, we must fight for them. Henry David Thoreau eggs freedom fighting What is commonly honored with the name of Friendship is no very profound or powerful instinct. Men do not, after all, love their Friends greatly. I do not often see the farmers made seers and wise to the verge of insanity by their Friendship for one another. They are not often transfigured and translated by love in each other's presence. I do not observe them purified, refined, and elevated by the love of a man. Henry David Thoreau wisdom wise friendship Be it life or death, we crave only reality. Henry David Thoreau life-or-death crave reality The morning, which is the most memorable season of the day, is the awakening hour. Then there is least somnolence in us; and for an hour, at least, some part of us awakes which slumbers all the rest of the day and night... All memorable events, I should say, transpire in morning time and in a morning atmosphere. The Vedas say, “All intelligences awake with the morning. Henry David Thoreau memorable morning night I look upon England today as an old gentleman who is travelling with a great deal of baggage, trumpery which has accumulated fromlong housekeeping, which he has not the courage to burn. Henry David Thoreau gentleman today looks The coward wants resolution, which the brave man can do without. He recognizes no faith above a creed, thinking this straw by which he is moored does him good service, because his sheet anchor does not drag. Henry David Thoreau faith men thinking Take Time by the forelock. It is also the safest part to take a serpent by. Henry David Thoreau serpent take-time action It would be well, perhaps, if we were to spend more of our days and nights without any obstruction between us and the celestial bodies, if the poet did not speak so much from under a roof, or the saint dwell there so long. Birds do not sing in caves, nor do doves cherish their innocence in dovecots. Henry David Thoreau community night long Why level downward to our dullest perception always, and praise that as common sense? The commonest sense is the sense of men asleep, which they express by snoring. Henry David Thoreau common-sense perception men But man's capacities have never been measured; nor are we to judge of what he can do by any precedents, so little have been tried. Henry David Thoreau learning judging men In respect to religion and the healing art, all nations are still in a state of barbarism. In the most civilized countries the priest is still but a Powwow, and the physician a Great Medicine. Henry David Thoreau healing country art
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