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 Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my action I may soar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye. Henry David Thoreau eye action may Today...the bluebirds, old and young, have revisited their box, as if they would fain repeat the summer without intervention of winter, if Nature would let them. Henry David Thoreau summer winter today What is morality but immemorial custom? Conscience is the chief of conservatives. Henry David Thoreau chiefs ethics morality You cannot receive a shock unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks you. Henry David Thoreau affinity ethics morality It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work. Henry David Thoreau leisure would-be relaxation As if there were safety in stupidity alone Henry David Thoreau safety stupidity ifs There must be the... generating force of Love behind every effort destined to be successful. Henry David Thoreau effort successful love-is The morning wind forever blows, the poem of creation is uninterrupted; but few are the ears to hear it. Henry David Thoreau blow morning wind Routine is a ground to stand on, a wall to retreat to; we cannot draw on our boots without bracing ourselves against it. Henry David Thoreau routine wall boots As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. Henry David Thoreau hiking wish mind When I hear the hypercritical quarreling about grammar and style, the position of the particles, etc., etc... I see that they forget that the first requisite and rule is that expression shall be vital and natural. Henry David Thoreau style expression firsts I am amused to see from my window here how busily a man has divided and staked off his domain. God must smile at his puny fences running hither and thither everywhere over the land. Henry David Thoreau land running men A man receives only what he is ready to receive... The phenomenon or fact that cannot in any wise be linked with the rest of what he has observed, he does not observe. Henry David Thoreau wise men science Wherever you may seek solitude, men will ferret you out and compel you to belong to their desperate company of oddfellows. Henry David Thoreau ferrets solitude men I make my own time. I make my own terms. I cannot see how God or Nature can ever get the start of me. Henry David Thoreau freedom nature god If you would get exercise, go in search of the springs of life. Henry David Thoreau sauntering exercise spring True kindness is a pure divine affinity, Not founded upon human consanguinity. It is a spirit, not a blood relation, Superior to family and station. Henry David Thoreau spirit kindness blood I do not believe in lawyers, in that mode of attacking or defending a man, because you descend to meet the judge on his own ground, and, in cases of the highest importance, it is of no consequence whether a man breaks a human law or not. Let lawyers decide trivial cases. Henry David Thoreau law men believe Man flows at once to God when the channel of purity is open. Henry David Thoreau flow purity men There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men. Henry David Thoreau action littles men
