The virtue of making two blades of grass grow where only one grew before does not begin to be superhuman. Henry David Thoreau More Quotes by Henry David Thoreau More Quotes From Henry David Thoreau The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so far behind the speaker's lips that almost it already lay in my heart. It did not have far to go to be communicated. Henry David Thoreau kindnessinspirationalchildren Friendship is never established as an understood relation. It is a miracle which requires constant proofs. It is an exercise of the purest imagination and of the rarest faith! Henry David Thoreau imaginationexercisefriendship New ideas come into this world somewhat like falling meteors, with a flash and an explosion. Henry David Thoreau worldideasfall We live but a fraction of our lives. Henry David Thoreau our-livesfractionslife It is strange to talk of miracles, revelations, inspiration, and the like, as things past, while love remains. Henry David Thoreau inspirationlovepast We discover a new world every time we see the earth again after it has been covered for a season with snow. Henry David Thoreau timesnowworld When we are in health, all sounds fife and drum for us; we hear the notes of music in the air, or catch its echoes dying away when we awake in the dawn. Henry David Thoreau echoesairloss It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it is his duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and, if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man's shoulders. Henry David Thoreau givingmenhands Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us. Henry David Thoreau blessdoemotivational Poetry implies the whole truth. Philosophy expresses a particle of it. Henry David Thoreau poetrytruthphilosophy What is religion? That which is never spoken. Henry David Thoreau It is as hard to see one's self as to look backwards without turning around. Henry David Thoreau knowing-who-you-areselflooks We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun; he is no more humane, while his education has been sadly neglected. Henry David Thoreau huntinggunboys Talk of mysteries! — Think of our life in nature, — daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it, — rocks, trees, wind on our cheeks! The solid earth! The actual world! The common sense! Contact! Contact! Who are we? Where are we? Henry David Thoreau rockswindthinking I do not see why the schoolmaster should be taxed to support the priest, and not the priest the schoolmaster. Henry David Thoreau supportatheistshould Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be. Henry David Thoreau law-of-attractiongreatnessgoal For one that comes with a pencil to sketch or sing, a thousand come with an axe or rifle. What a coarse and imperfect use Indiansand hunters make of nature! No wonder that their race is so soon exterminated. Henry David Thoreau huntingnaturerace What is the value of any political freedom, but as a means to moral freedom? Henry David Thoreau moral-freedompoliticalmean We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect. Henry David Thoreau suspicionfindingspaid As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society. Henry David Thoreau mayorderpast
