Below you will find some gems I cherry-picked during my recent re-reading of “Walden”, by Henry David Thoreau. I was surprised to note how many phrases seemed appropriate in the context of current events.
“The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.”
“It is never too late to give up our prejudices. No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof. What everybody echoes or in silence passes by as true to-day may turn out to be falsehood to-morrow, mere smoke of opinion…”
“All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.”
“The necessaries of life for man in this climate may, accurately enough, be distributed under the several heads of Food, Shelter, Clothing, and Fuel; for not till we have secured these are we prepared to entertain the true problems of life with freedom and a prospect of success.”
Henry David Thoreau
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