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Another from Thoreau
Part of a beautiful essay by Henry David Thoreau Nowadays almost all man’s improvements, so called, as the building of houses, and the cutting down of the forest and of all large trees, simply deform...
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Pondering
“In order to die, you must first have lived.” Henry David Thoreau A longer essay with a lot to learn from can be found HERE. Tagged: Henry David Thoreau, philosophy, thoreau, walden
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The Peaceful Woods
“I have a great deal of company in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody calls.” Henry David Thoreau, Walden 1854. There is more to visiting than empty talk. Tagged: civil disobedience,...
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Possessions
“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.” Walden, Henry David Thoreau 1854. Tagged: Henry David Thoreau, minimalism, philosophy, possessions, thoreau, walden
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“The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise”
“However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even …...
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A Little Art and Some Wise Words from Thoreau for the End of the Week
However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even …...
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Be Yourself
This advice will go a long way towards happiness. It isn’t an excuse to be selfish or uncaring of others but to find who you are and what you want to be. A path we’re all on. “Be yourself- not …...
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What’s the real cost?
“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Advertisements Filed under: work Tagged: drudgery, Henry David Thoreau, philosophy, thoreau, walden, work
View ArticleHenry David Thoreau, “Woods Burner”
Here's an interesting article about Thoreau's early career and the incident that may have been a catalyst for his move out of town into the woods nearby. As it happened a year before the Walden...
View ArticleReal Comforts
"Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind." Henry David Thoreau, Walden. Heavy words when you...
View ArticleWalking (Henry David Thoreau)
I WISH to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil,—to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than...
View ArticleExcerpt from “Walking”
Part of a beautiful essay by Henry David Thoreau Living much out of doors, in the sun and wind, will no doubt produce a certain roughness of character—will cause a thicker cuticle to grow over some of...
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