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 To the man who cherishes a secret in his breast, there is a still greater secret unexplored. Our most indifferent acts may be a matter for secrecy, but whatever we do with the utmost truthfulness and integrity, by virtue of its pureness, must be transparent as light. Henry David Thoreau light integrity men A man cannot wheedle nor overawe his Genius. It requires to be conciliated by nobler conduct than the world demands or can appreciate. Henry David Thoreau honesty integrity men It makes no odds where a man goes or stays, if he is only about his business. Henry David Thoreau integrity men travel I expect a time when, or rather an integrity by which, a man will get his coat as honestly and as perfectly fitting as a tree itsbark. Now our garments are typical of our conformity to the ways of the world, i.e., of the devil, and to some extent react on us and poison us, like that shirt which Hercules put on. Henry David Thoreau tree integrity men Every man should stand for a force which is perfectly irresistible. Henry David Thoreau power integrity men For a man to act himself, he must be perfectly free; otherwise he is in danger of losing all sense of responsibility or of self- respect. Henry David Thoreau freedom responsibility integrity Some, it seems to me, elect their rulers for their crookedness. But I think that a straight stick makes the best cane, and an upright man the best ruler. Henry David Thoreau integrity men thinking Actually, the laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day; he cannot afford to sustain the manliest relations tomen; his labor would be depreciated in the market. Henry David Thoreau would-be integrity men What are men celebrating? They are all on a committee of arrangements, and hourly expect a speech from somebody. God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator. Henry David Thoreau god integrity men Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do not want society. Henry David Thoreau clothes want integrity Every nail driven should be as another rivet in the machine of the universe, you carrying on the work. Henry David Thoreau nails machines integrity I see less difference between a city and a swamp than formerly. Henry David Thoreau swamps differences cities In the winter, warmth stands for all virtue. Henry David Thoreau warmth virtue winter There is a slumbering subterranean fire in nature which never goes out, and which no cold can chill. Henry David Thoreau nature fire winter Nature confounds her summer distinctions at this season. The heavens seem to be nearer the earth. The elements are less reserved and distinct. Water turns to ice, rain to snow. The day is but a Scandinavian night. The winter is an arctic summer. Henry David Thoreau nature summer rain A cold and searching wind drives away all contagion, and nothing can withstand it but what has a virtue in it, and accordingly, whatever we meet with in cold and bleak places, as the tops of mountains, we respect for a sort of sturdy innocence, a Puritan toughness. All things beside seem to be called in for shelter, and what stays out must be part of the original frame of the universe, and of such valor as God himself. Henry David Thoreau mountain winter wind A healthy man, indeed, is the complement of the seasons, and in winter, summer is in his heart. Henry David Thoreau health summer heart The wonderful purity of nature at this season is a most pleasing fact.... In the bare fields and tinkling woods, see what virtue survives. In the coldest and bleakest places, the warmest charities still maintain a foothold. Henry David Thoreau woods charity winter How wholesome winter is, seen far or near; how good, above all mere sentimental, warm-blooded, short-lived, soft-hearted, moral goodness, commonly so called. Give me the goodness which has forgotten its own deeds,--which God has seen to be good, and let be. Henry David Thoreau hypocrisy winter giving Winter is the time for study, you know, and the colder it is the more studious we are. Henry David Thoreau study students winter
