Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science.
More Quotes from Henry David Thoreau:
The Youth gets together the materials to build a bridge to the moon, or perchance a palace or temple on earth, but alas, at length, the middle aged man concludes to build a wood shed with the materials.Henry David Thoreau
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
Henry David Thoreau
One attraction in coming to the woods to live was that I should have leisure and opportunity to see the spring come in.
Henry David Thoreau
While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.
Henry David Thoreau
It is not worth while to go around the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.
Henry David Thoreau
People die of fright and live of confidence.
Henry David Thoreau
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