It is an unfortunate discovery certainly, that of a law which binds us where we did not know before that we were bound. Henry David Thoreau More Quotes by Henry David Thoreau More Quotes From Henry David Thoreau If you give money, spend yourself with it. Henry David Thoreau charity money giving The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness. Henry David Thoreau fire summer winter The faultfinder will find faults even in paradise. Henry David Thoreau paradise faults attitude One is wise to cultivate the tree that bears fruit in our soul. Henry David Thoreau wise silly tree Every child begins the world again. Henry David Thoreau wish baby children We can never have enough of Nature. Henry David Thoreau environmental environment nature A kitten is so flexible that she is almost double; the hind parts are equivalent to another kitten with which the fore part plays. She does not discover that her tail belongs to her till you tread upon it. Henry David Thoreau cat play animal The indescribable innocence of and beneficence of Nature,-of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter,-such health, such cheer, they afford forever! Henry David Thoreau cheer nature summer Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it. Henry David Thoreau respect steps men Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet. Henry David Thoreau goal feet long All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong. Henry David Thoreau vote voting moral The stars are the apexes of what wonderful triangles! What distant and different beings in the various mansions of the universe are contemplating the same one at the same moment! Henry David Thoreau triangles different stars What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other warm. Henry David Thoreau pigs men lying Let us first be as simple and well as Nature ourselves, dispel the clouds which hang over our brows, and take up a little life into our pores. Do not stay to be an overseer of the poor, but endeavor to become one of the worthies of the world. Henry David Thoreau simple clouds world You know about a person who deeply interests you more than you can be told. A look, a gesture, an act, which to everybody else is insignificant tells you more about that one than words can. Henry David Thoreau gestures interest looks This whole earth which we inhabit is but a point in space. How far apart, think you, dwell the most distant inhabitants of yonder star, the breadth of whose disk cannot be appreciated by our instruments? Henry David Thoreau space stars thinking Whatever your sex or position, life is a battle in which you are to show your pluck, and woe be to the coward. Whether passed on a bed of sickness or a tented field, it is ever the same fair play and admits no foolish distinction. Despair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were born to succeed, not to fail. Henry David Thoreau courage men sex When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly, I think any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it. Henry David Thoreau mind writing thinking That grand old poem called Winter Henry David Thoreau january winter Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg, by the side of which more will be laid. Henry David Thoreau eggs knowledge thinking
