The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star. Henry David Thoreau on morning
I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls. Henry David Thoreau on morning
In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society. Henry David Thoreau on morning
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Henry David Thoreau on motivational
What is called genius is the abundance of life and health. Henry David Thoreau on motivational
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau on music
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. Henry David Thoreau on music
Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. Henry David Thoreau on nature
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Henry David Thoreau on nature
Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand. Henry David Thoreau on nature
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. Henry David Thoreau on nature
Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution. Henry David Thoreau on nature
The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected. Henry David Thoreau on nature
What is human warfare but just this an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party. Henry David Thoreau on nature
To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain. Henry David Thoreau on nature
Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? Henry David Thoreau on nature
There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature. Henry David Thoreau on nature
It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature. Henry David Thoreau on nature
There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages. Henry David Thoreau on nature