Henry David Thoreau Quotations: Thinking & Thoughts
With thinking we may be beside ourselves in a sane sense. By a conscious effort of the mind we can stand aloof from actions and their consequences; and all things, good and bad, go by us like a torrent.—Walden
Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs,
And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the Suns.—A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers