To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live, according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust. Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)
Henry David Thoreau Quote – “Humility, like darkness…”
Humility, like darkness, reveals the heavenly lights. Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)
Henry David Thoreau Quote – “If men would steadily observe realities only…”
If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to be deluded, life, to compare it with such things as we know, would be like a fairy tale and the Arabian Night’s Entertainments. If we respected only what is inevitable and has a right to be, music and poetry would resound along the streets. Henry David Thoreau (1817 […]
Henry David Thoreau Quote – “We are surrounded by a rich and fertile mystery…”
We are surrounded by a rich and fertile mystery. May we not probe it, pry into it, employ ourselves about it, a little? Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “Men, attached by habit to the existing order…”
Men, attached by habit to the existing order, shrink from attempting to change it, therefore they agree to consider this doctrine as a mass of revelations and laws that may be accepted without making any change in one’s life: whereas the doctrine… is not a doctrine of rules for men to obey, but unfolds a new life-conception, meant as a […]
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “This power demands of us…”
This power demands of us what alone is certain and rational and possible… which is possible only in the truth, and, therefore, in the recognition of the truth revealed to us, and the profession of that truth. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “The principles of this authentic religion…”
The principles of this authentic religion are entirely natural to man, so that the instant they are communicated to him they are received as ideas long familiar and self-evident… These principles are quite simple, understandable, and few in number. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “Man’s life begins only with…”
Man’s life begins only with the appearance of rational consciousness. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “An idea about God is not God.”
An idea about God is not God. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “The rule for doing unto others…”
The rule for doing unto others as you would wish them to do unto you, calls for no miraculous proof, neither does it require faith, because the rule is convincing in itself, both to reason and to human nature. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
