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 The change from storm and winter to serene and mild weather, from dark and sluggish hours to bright and elastic ones, is a memorable crisis which all things proclaim. It is seemingly instantaneous at last. Henry David Thoreau memorable winter spring You may tell by looking at any twig of the forest, ay, at your very wood-pile, whether its winter is past or not. Henry David Thoreau may winter past We go on dating from Cold Fridays and Great Snows; but a little colder Friday, or greater snow would put a period to man's existence on the globe. Henry David Thoreau friday winter men One who knew how to appropriate the true value of this world would be the poorest man in it. The poor rich man! all he has is whathe has bought. Henry David Thoreau would-be men world Pray, for what do we move ever but to get rid of our furniture, our exuviæ; at last to go from this world to another newly furnished, and leave this to be burned? Henry David Thoreau simplicity world moving It would surpass the powers of a well man nowadays to take up his bed and walk, and I should certainly advise a sick one to lay down his bed and run. Henry David Thoreau health running men Furniture! Thank God, I can sit and I can stand without the aid of a furniture warehouse. Henry David Thoreau furniture simplicity thank-god The customs of some savage nations might, perchance, be profitably imitated by us, for they at least go through the semblance of casting their slough annually; they have the idea of the thing, whether they have the reality or not. Henry David Thoreau savages reality ideas To enjoy a thing exclusively is commonly to exclude yourself from the true enjoyment of it. Henry David Thoreau property enjoyment enjoy Almost any mode of observation will be successful at last, for what is most wanted is method. Henry David Thoreau lasts successful science Linnæus, setting out for Lapland, surveys his "comb" and "spare shirt," "leathern breeches" and "gauze cap to keep off gnats," with as much complacency as Bonaparte a park of artillery for the Russian campaign. The quiet bravery of the man is admirable. Henry David Thoreau gnats men science Let us consider under what disadvantages Science has hitherto labored before we pronounce thus confidently on her progress. Henry David Thoreau disadvantages progress science It will be seen that we contemplate a time when man's will shall be law to the physical world, and he shall no longer be deterredby such abstractions as time and space, height and depth, weight and hardness, but shall indeed be the lord of creation. Henry David Thoreau power men science If the condition of things which we were made for is not yet, what were any reality which we can substitute? We will not be shipwrecked on a vain reality. Henry David Thoreau vain made reality All that are printed and bound are not books; they do not necessarily belong to letters, but are oftener to be ranked with the other luxuries and appendages of civilized life. Base wares are palmed off under a thousand disguises. Henry David Thoreau luxury letters book We are superior to the joy we experience. Henry David Thoreau superiors experience joy The experience of every past moment but belies the faith of each present. Henry David Thoreau experience moments past It is after we get home that we really go over the mountain, if ever. Henry David Thoreau mountain experience home It requires more than a day's devotion to know and to possess the wealth of a day. Henry David Thoreau wealth experience devotion In the unbending of the arm to do the deed there is experience worth all the maxims in the world. Henry David Thoreau experience deeds world
