http://slow.writerscafe.org/ptine The original writings of author Pete en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1779866014 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 A strain of music reminds me of a passage of the Vedas, and I associate with it the idea of infinite remoteness, as well as of beauty and serenity. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3135280/ Fire is the most tolerable third party. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3135176/ A strain of music reminds me of a passage of the Vedas ... - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3135131/ Beauty and music are not mere traits and exceptions. They are the rule and character. It is the exception that we see and hear. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3135125/ I am soothed by the rain-drops on the door-sill; every globule that pitches thus confidently from the eaves to the ground is my life insurance. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3135107/ The mason asks but a narrow shelf to spring his brick from; man requires only an infinitely narrower one to spring his arch of faith from. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3135048/ It is not enough that our life is an easy one. We must live on the stretch, retiring to our rest like soldiers on the eve of a battle, looking forward to the strenuous sortie of the morrow. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3135045/ You cannot hear music and noise at the same time. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3134612/ From the right point of view, every storm and every drop in it is a rainbow. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3134152/ Don't waste your energy on those who don't get on your bus. - Jon Gordon http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3134094/ As the least drop of wine tinges the whole goblet, so the least particle of truth colors our whole life. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3134090/ 'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3133860/ I am reminded of spring by the quality of the air . . . It is a natural resurrection, an experience of immortality.- Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3133308/ God's voice is but a clear bell sound. -Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3133234/ Staying in the house breeds a sort of insanity always. Every house is, in this sense, a hospital - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3132910/ Spring - an experience in immortality. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3132877/ Even trees do not die without a groan. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3132656/ Not till we are lost, in other words, not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3132582/ A man's real faith is never contained in his creed, nor is his creed an article of his faith. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3132484/ Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3132483/ Nature makes no noise. The howling storm, the rustling leaf, the pattering rain are no disturbance, there is an essential and unexplored harmony in them. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3132395/ Say, Not so, and you will out circle the philosophers. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3132382/ The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3132336/ A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can call me, and is entitled to my love and service. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3132083/ Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and spring. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3131700/ a lipstick sun smilesan orgasmic tide shiversnight strips down the bed<iframe width="726" height="408" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/F5lxVUQW6Bw" title="LCD Soundsystem - Jump Into The Fire - 2011" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3131552/ The poet's body even is not fed like other men's, but he sometimes tastes the genuine nectar and ambrosia of the gods, and lives a divine life. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3131532/ In a pleasant spring morning all men's sins are forgiven. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3131528/ Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3131441/ When I hear music, I feel no danger. I am invulnerable. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3131356/ Life is unfair. And it’s not fair that life is unfair. - Edward Abbey http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3131268/ What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3131265/ He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3131264/ Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. - Dr. Martin Luther King http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3130835/ When you knock, ask to see God — none of the servants. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3130496/ The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3130418/ Every lie is two lies, the lie we tell others and the lie we tell ourselves to justify it. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3130347/ Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3130343/ The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3130341/ It's only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3130278/ But men labor under a mistake. The better part of the man is soon ploughed into the soil for compost". - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3129759/ The forests are held cheap after the white pine has been culled out; and the explorers and hunters pray for rain only to clear the atmosphere of smoke. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3129695/ Words should pass between friends as the lightning passes from cloud to cloud. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3129424/ As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3129186/ The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3129083/ Nature does not cast pearls before swine. There is just as much beauty visible to us in the landscape as we are prepared to appreciate,— not a grain more. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3128989/ Christ is the prince of Reformers and Radicals. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3128985/ Our manners have been corrupted by communication with the saints. Our hymn-books resound with a melodious cursing of God and enduring Him forever. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3128976/ Who hears the fishes when they cry? - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3128893/ I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit. - Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ptine/3128890/