Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows t >>

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front on >>

What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing about th >>

Quotations about Rain

Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rai >>

Still falls the rain -- dark as the world of man, black as our loss -- >>

To watch this crystal globe just sent from heaven to associate with me >>

To watch this crystal globe just sent from heaven to associate with me. While these clouds and this somber drizzling weather shut all in, we two draw nearer and know one another. The gathering in of the clouds with the last rush and dying breath of the wind, and then the regular dripping of twigs and leaves the country over, the impression of inward comfort and Sociableness, the drenched stubble and trees that drop beads on you as you pass, their dim outline seen through the rain on all sides drooping in sympathy with yourself. These are my undisputed territory. This is Nature's English comfort.

Thoreau, Henry David