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What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

Henry David Thoreau
Love, Inspiring, Peace
Henry David Thoreau, Joseph O. Valentine, Thoreau Society (2001). “Thoreau on Land: Nature's Canvas”, p.79, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

You cannot perceive beauty but with a serene mind.

Henry David Thoreau
Beauty, Peace, Mind
Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.83, Heron Dance Press

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.

Henry David Thoreau
Life, Peace, Simple
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.88, BookBaby

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.

Henry David Thoreau
Peace, Powerful, Hammers
"Robert Frost & the New England Renaissance". Book by George Monteiro (p. 74), September 27, 1988.

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.

Henry David Thoreau
Peace, War, Party
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.2123, Delphi Classics

Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows.

Henry David Thoreau
Life, Peace, Teaching
Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.182, Yale University Press

I think that Nature meant kindly when she made our brothers few. However, my voice is still for peace.

Henry David Thoreau
Friendship, Peace, Nature
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.1710, Delphi Classics

Concord River is remarkable for the gentleness of its current, which is scarcely perceptible, and some have referred to its influence the proverbial moderation of the inhabitants of Concord, as exhibited in the Revolution, and on later occasions.

Henry David Thoreau
Peace, Rivers, Revolution
Henry David Thoreau (2016). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.8, Xist Publishing

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