Knowledge does not come to us by details, but in flashes of light from heaven.
Henry David ThoreauStichwörter: inspiration
There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers.
Henry David ThoreauSo thoroughly and sincerely are we compelled to live, reverencing our life, and denying the possibility of change. This is the only way, we say; but there are as many ways as there can be drawn radii from one centre.
Henry David ThoreauStichwörter: life change possibility
There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.
Henry David ThoreauAs the sun went down, I saw a solitary boatman disporting on the smooth lake. The falling dews seemed to strain and purify the air, and I was soothed with an infinite stillness. I got the world, as it were, by the nape of the neck, and held it under in the tide of its own events, till it was drowned, and then I let it go down stream like a dead dog. Vast hollow chambers of silence stretched away on every side, and my being expanded in proportion, and filled them. Then first could I appreciate sound, and find it musical.
Henry David ThoreauStichwörter: inspirational nature spirituality
That man who does not believe that each day contains an earlier, more sacred, and auroral hour than he has yet profaned, has despaired of life, and is pursuing a descending and darkening way.
Henry David ThoreauThe Vedas say, "All intelligences awake with the morning." Poetry and art, and the fairest and most memorable of the actions of men, date from such an hour. All poets and heroes, like Memnon, are the children of Aurora, and emit their music at sunrise.
Henry David ThoreauI find it so difficult to dispose of the few facts which to me are significant, that I hesitate to burden my attention with those which are insignificant
Henry David ThoreauWhat demon possessed me that I behaved so well?
Henry David ThoreauLes détails nous empoisonnent la vie. Simplifiez, simplifiez.
Henry David Thoreau« erste vorherige
Seite 49 von 79.
nächste letzte »
Data privacy
Imprint
Contact
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.