More quotes by Thoreau from his correspondence with H.G.O. Blake:
"Love must be as much a light as a flame."
"It is commonly the imagination which is wounded first, rather than the heart, -- it is so much the more sensitive."
"It is not enough that we are truthful; we must cherish and carry out high purposes to be truthful about."
"I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life."
"I love society so much that I swallowed it all at a gulp -- i.e. all that came my way. It is not that we love to be alone, but that we love to soar, and when we do soar, the company grows thinner & thinner till there is none at all."
"Love must be as much a light as a flame."
"It is commonly the imagination which is wounded first, rather than the heart, -- it is so much the more sensitive."
"It is not enough that we are truthful; we must cherish and carry out high purposes to be truthful about."
"I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life."
"I love society so much that I swallowed it all at a gulp -- i.e. all that came my way. It is not that we love to be alone, but that we love to soar, and when we do soar, the company grows thinner & thinner till there is none at all."
