#walden

Things do not change, we change. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#change

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#speech #thoreau #walden #communication

I had not lived there a week before my feet wore a path from my door to the pond-side; and though it is five or six years since I trod it, it is still quite distinct. It is true, I fear that others may have fallen into it, and so helped to keep it open. The surface of the earth is soft and impressible by the feet of men; and so with the paths which the mind travels. How worn and dusty, then, must be the highways of the world, how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity! ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#men

To be awake is to be alive. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#nature #walden #nature