4 Henry David Thoreau Quotes on Change

Henry David Thoreau quotes on change

1. I am a parcel of vain strivings tied By a chance bond together, Dangling this way and that, their links Were made so loose and wide, Methinks, For milder weather.

2. But now I see I was not plucked for naught, And after in life's vase Of glass set while I might survive, But by a kind hand brought Alive To a strange place.

72. You can hardly convince a man of an error in a lifetime, but must content yourself with the reflection that the progress of science is slow. If he is not convinced, his grandchildren may be.

160. Where there is a lull of truth, an institution springs up. But the truth blows right on over it, nevertheless, and at length blows it down.