"The stars are distant and unobtrusive, but..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
The stars are distant and unobtrusive, but bright and enduring as our fairest and most memorable experiences.
More by Henry David Thoreau
“Where there is a lull in truth an institution springs up.”
“Expect no trivial truth from me, unless I am on the witness- stand. I will come as near to lying as you can drive a coach and four.”
“When we walk, we naturally go to the fields and woods: what would become of us, if we walked only in a garden or a mall?”
More on Memory
“I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories.”
“This morning arrives a letter from my ancient silver-mining comrade, Calvin H. Higbie, a man whom I have not seen nor had communication with for forty-four years. . . . [Footnote: Roughing It is dedicated to Higbie.] . . . I shall allow myself the privilege of copying his punctuation and his spelling, for to me they are a part of the man. He is as honest as the day is long. He is utterly simple-minded and straightforward, and his spelling and his punctuation are as simple and honest as he is himself. He makes no apology for them, and no apology is needed.”
“May I tell you why it seems to me a good thing for us to remember wrong that has been done us? That we may forgive it.”
More on Experience
“No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.”
“We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.”
“The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful.”