I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.
It is a preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
— Thoreau. (via luxenovella) (permalink)
I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it is to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools; for these are more easily acquired than got rid of. Better if they had been born in the open pasture and suckled by a wolf, that they might have seen with clearer eyes what field they were called to labor in.
The sun is but a morning star.
— Henry David Thoreau, Walden (via iliznorizan) (permalink)
In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more divine in the lapse of all the ages.
— Henry David Thoreau (Waking Up) (via crashinglybeautiful) (permalink)
11:10am
Walden Pond, Concord MA (via Bo’s Photos)
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
Henry David Thoreau
