“I come to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home. I thus dispose of the superfluous and see things as they are, grand and beautiful.”
-Henry David Thoreau
Tag Archives: Henry David Thoreau
A Pilgrimage in Itself
“A day of silence can be a pilgrimage in itself.”
-Hafiz
“Silence is a communing of a conscious soul with itself.”
-Henry David Thoreau
In Spirit
“I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit…. what business have I in the woods, if I am thinking of something out of the woods?
-Henry David Thoreau
With Love and Reverence
“Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.”
-Henry David Thoreau
“Love they said burns you and builds you!
But with you, there is no ash,
Just Light.
-Kamand Kojouni
“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.”
-John Milton
Walking on Clouds
“When there’s snow on the ground
I like to pretend I’m walking on clouds.”
-Takayuki Ikkaku
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or
usher in storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
-Rabindranath Tagore
“You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds.”
-Henry David Thoreau
Becoming Rich
“I make myself rich by making my wants few.”
-Henry David Thoreau
Capacity for Wonder
“Wilderness helps us preserve our capacity for wonder – the power to feel, if not to see, the miracles of life, of beauty, and of harmony around us.”
-William O. Douglas
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
-William Shakespeare
Wild & Free
“All good things are wild and free.”– Henry David Thoreau
A Richness
“The cost of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it”~ Henry David Thoreau
A Blessing for the Whole Day
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
Henry David Thoreau
Where will you walk today? May your walk provide exploration of the wonders of the world around you, big and small, and the wonder too of the inner mysteries…