Should not every apartment in which man dwells be lofty enough to create some obscurity overhead, where flickering shadows may play at evening about the rafters? Henry David Thoreau More Quotes by Henry David Thoreau More Quotes From Henry David Thoreau Are not all finite beings better pleased with motions relative than absolute? Henry David Thoreau finite relative absolutes The newest is but the oldest made visible to our senses. Henry David Thoreau visible senses made It is for no particular item in the tax-bill that I refuse to pay it. I simply wish to refuse allegiance to the State, to withdrawand stand aloof from it effectually. I do not care to trace the course of my dollar, if I could, till it buys a man or a musket to shoot one with,--the dollar is innocent,--but I am concerned to trace the effects of my allegiance. In fact, I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make what use and get what advantage of her I can, as is usual in such cases. Henry David Thoreau fashion men war For hours, in fall days, I watched the ducks cunningly tack and veer and hold the middle of the pond, far from the sportsman;... but what beside safety they got by sailing in the middle of Walden I do not know, unless they love its water for the same reason that I do. Henry David Thoreau ducks safety fall In some pictures of Provincetown the persons of the inhabitants are not drawn below the ankles, so much being supposed to be buried in the sand. Henry David Thoreau sand buried ankles The inhabitants of the Cape generally do not complain of their "soil," but will tell you that it is good enough for them to dry their fish on. Henry David Thoreau capes fishing complaining On the 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine,... I proposed to make excursions to Mount Ktaadn, the second highest mountain in New England, about thirty miles distant, and to some of the lakes of the Penobscot, either alone or with such company as I might pick up there. Henry David Thoreau mountain august lakes If to chaffer and higgle are bad in trade, they are much worse in Love. It demands directness as of an arrow. Henry David Thoreau bargaining arrows demand Unlike the Concord, the Merrimack is not a dead but a living stream, though it has less life within its waters and on its banks. It has a swift current, and, in this part of its course, a clayey bottom, almost no weeds, and comparatively few fishes. Henry David Thoreau currents weed water There were three classes of inhabitants who either frequent or inhabit the country which we had now entered: first, the loggers, who, for a part of the year, the winter and spring, are far the most numerous, but in the summer, except for a few explorers for timber, completely desert it; second, the few settlers I have named, the only permanent inhabitants, who live on the verge of it, and help raise supplies for the former; third, the hunters, mostly Indians, who range over it in their season. Henry David Thoreau summer spring country It is said that some Western steamers can run on a heavy dew, whence we can imagine what a canoe may do. Henry David Thoreau dew may running The chimney is to some extent an independent structure, standing on the ground, and rising through the house to the heavens; evenafter the house is burned it still stands sometimes, and its importance and independence are apparent. Henry David Thoreau independent house heaven It is remarkable that there is little or nothing to be remembered written on the subject of getting a living: how to make getting a living not merely honest and honorable, but altogether inviting and glorious; for if getting a living is not so, then living is not. Henry David Thoreau honorable honest littles That so many are ready to live by luck, and so get the means of commanding the labor of others less lucky, without contributing any value to society! And that is called enterprise! I know of no more startling development of the immorality of trade, and all the common modes of getting a living. Henry David Thoreau development luck mean I hardly know an intellectual man, even, who is so broad and truly liberal that you can think aloud in his society. Henry David Thoreau intellectual men thinking Genius is a light which makes the darkness visible, like the lightning's flash, which perchance shatters the temple of knowledge itself. Henry David Thoreau genius light darkness 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 unfortunate law discovery Where there is a lull of truth, an institution springs up. But the truth blows right on over it, nevertheless, and at length blows it down. Henry David Thoreau length blow spring There is no treatment for adore, but to love far more. Henry David Thoreau treatment adore A man's wealth is measured by what he doesn't need. Henry David Thoreau wealth men needs
