"In my walks, I would fain return..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
In my walks, I would fain return to my senses. What business have I in the woods if I am thinking of something out of the woods?
More by Henry David Thoreau
“However much we admire the orator's occasional bursts of eloquence, the noblest written words are commonly as far behind or abovethe fleeting spoken language as the firmament with its stars is behind the clouds.”
“Undoubtedly, in the most brilliant successes, the first rank is always sacrificed.”
“But man's capacities have never been measured; nor are we to judge of what he can do by any precedents, so little have been tried.”
More on Nature
“Not the sun or summer alone, but every hour and season yields its tribute of delight.”
“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness.”
“Nature is constrained by the cause of her laws which dwell inborn in her. Variant: Nature is constrained by the order of her own law which lives and works within her.”
More on Presence
“Even if you are loaded down with guilt about everything you did in the past, you still are experiencing the guilt in the moment.”
“Use whatever challenge comes into your life as a kind of fuel for the flame of consciousness. That is done through surrender to what is. Some people may need more of that than others. If you choose presence in your daily life you may not need the drastic challenges.”
“Listen to presences inside poems.”