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Potent Quotable (June 2021)

“The sun was setting on the one hand, while our eminence was contributing its shadow to the night, on the other.” -Henry David Thoreau

“The poet is he who can write some pure mythology to-day without the aid of posterity.” -Henry David Thoreau

“Nature is not made after such a fashion as we would have her. We piously exaggerate her wonders, as the scenery around our home.” -Henry David Thoreau

“Man is man’s foe and destiny.” -Cotton

“The violence of love is as much to be dreaded as that of hate.” -Henry David Thoreau

“Their relation implies such qualities as the warrior prizes; for it takes valor to open the hearts of men as well as the gates of castles.” -Henry David Thoreau

“Nothing was ever so unfamiliar and startling to a man as his own thoughts.” -Henry David Thoreau

Be good to each other,

Nathan

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