January 2010
139 posts
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“I would observe, by the way, that it costs me nothing for curtains, for I have...”
– Thoreau (via grapefruitpwns)
“It requires more than a day’s devotion to know and to possess the wealth of a...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via propagation)
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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
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“It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via emandem)
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“The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via secludedeyes)
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“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to...”
– Walden, Henry David Thoreau (via notmycupoftea)
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“To live a simple life is, paradoxically, a very rich kind of life, and a haiku...”
– Ian Marshall, the author of Walden by Haiku
‘Walden by Haiku’ | PRI.ORG (via shellvetica)
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“success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
– henry david thoreau (via fcukthaatbiatch)
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“Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via chriscjohnson)
“The unconsciousness of man is the consciousness of God.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via oedipusrexrexrex)
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“Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via old-school-epiphany)
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“Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via dephmmo)
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“But since we sailed
Some things have failed,
And many a dream
Gone down the...”
– Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
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“Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via saudialchemist)
“Men frequently say to me, “I should think you would feel lonesome down there,...”
– Thoreau, Solitude (via sarahsurvive)
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“I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via danielgarrick)
“Love must be as much a light as it is a flame.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via itsgonnabeagoodday)
“I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I...”
– – Henry David Thoreau, in a September 9, 1857, letter to Daniel Ricketson (via madadmen)
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“I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via yayamary)
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“I saw deep in the eyes of the animals the human soul look out upon me. I saw...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via hannahxscott)
“After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via rawenergy)
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“All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle taking place every...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via ohlittlebird)
“The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via kistindey)
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“A man’s interest in a single blue bird is worth more than a complete dry list of...”
– Thoreau (via taeok)
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“In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at...”
– Thoreau (via trucs-a-faire)
“I love nature, I love the landscape, because it is so sincere. It never cheats...”
– Henry David Thoreau, Journal, November 16, 1850 (via madadmen)
“But for all voice in that serene hour I hear an owl hoot. How glad I am to hear...”
– thoreau, journal, dec. 25. (via rockettothesun)
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“The milions are awake enough for physical labor; but only one in a million is...”
– Thoreau (via sebass)
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“I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as...”
– Henry David Thoreau, intro to his essay “Walking”.
“If one listens to the faintest but constant suggestions of his genius, which are...”
– Henry David Thoreau, Walden (via madadmen)
“Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit....”
– Henry David Thoreau (via lapetitebaobab)