Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I w >>

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes. >>

The sun is but a morning star. >>

Quotations about Mystery

The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the i >>

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most >>

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly >>

At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be infinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable.

Thoreau, Henry David