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.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

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...

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.