Life consists with Wildness. The most alive is the wildest. Not yet subdued to man, its presence refreshes him. One who pressed forward incessantly and never rested from his labors, who grew fast and made infinite demands on life, would always find himself in a new country or wilderness, and surrounded by the raw material of life. He would be climbing over the prostrate stems of primitive forest trees. β¨ Henry David Thoreau (2015). Walking: Top Essays, p.11, θ°·ζη€Ύ
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- As for the complex ways of living, I love them not, however much I practice them. In as many places as possible, I will get my feet down to the earth. β¨ Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). β¦ βΆ
- Waves of a serene life pass over us from time to time, like flakes of sunlight over the fields in cloudy weather. β¨ Henry David Thoreau (2006). Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles, p β¦ βΆ
- 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. β¨ Henry David Thoreau (2013 β¦ βΆ
- The perch swallows the grub-worm, the pickerel swallows the perch, and the fisherman swallows the pickerel; and so all the chinks in the scale of being are filled. β¨ Henry David Thoreau (2009). Walde β¦ βΆ
- For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever. β¨ The Essays of Henry D. Thoreau: Selected and Edited by Lewis Hyde.
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