It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...