Henry David Thoreau Quotations: SEASONS
Standing at the right angle, we are dazzled by the colors of the rainbow in colorless ice.—Journal, 11 December 1855
Standing quite alone, far in the forest, while the wind is shaking down snow from the trees, and leaving the only human tracks behind us, we find our reflections of a richer variety than the life of cities.—"A Winter Walk"
Such is our sympathy with the seasons that we experience the same degree of heat in the winter as in the summer.—Journal, 25 December 1841
The day is an epitome of the year. The night is the winter, the morning and evening are the spring and fall, and the noon is the summer.—Walden
The first pleasant days of spring come out like a squirrel and go in again.—Journal, 7 March 1855
The ground under the snow has long since felt the influence of the spring sun, whose rays fall at a more favorable angle.—Journal, 28 March 1856
The Scarlet Oak asks a clear sky and the brightness of late October days. These bring out its colors.—"Autumnal Tints"
The seasons and all their changes are in me.—Journal, 26 October 1857
The seasons were not made in vain.—Journal, 30 January 1854
The spring advances in spite of snow and ice, and cold even.—Journal, 28 March 1856
