None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
Henry David ThoreauRead
As far back as I can remember I have unconsciously referred to the experiences of a previous state of existence.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that our current experiences are influenced by past lives or experiences, even if we are not consciously aware of it.
Henry David Thoreau expresses the idea that our present experiences and perceptions are shaped by past existences or life experiences, which we may not fully recognize or acknowledge. This reflects a belief in continuity of the self across different states of being, implying that wisdom and understanding gained in previous 'states' contribute to our current consciousness and outlook on life.
In practice
During a discussion about the impact of our past on our current decisions.
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
Have no mean hours, but be grateful for every hour, and accept what it brings. The reality will make any sincere record respectable.
As every season seems best to us in its turn, so the coming in of spring is like the creation of Cosmos out of Chaos and the realization of the Golden Age.
That grand old poem called Winter
Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion.
Everything we do these days - our lust for ever more comfort, pleasure, and distraction, our refusal to engage with the mandates of reality, our fidelity to cults of technology and limitless growth, our narcissistic national exceptionalism - all of this propels us toward the realm where souls abandon all hope.
Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God's sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard.
I have remained true to my deepest convictions. I mean the courage of those who are born to be defeated, the weaknesses of the strong, and the tragedy of misunderstandings and missed opportunities, which I have done my best to treat as comedyβfor otherwise how can we manage to bear it?
The Bible is the Word of God in such a way that when the Bible speaks, God speaks.
You show me a highly unequal society, and I will show you a police state. Or an uprising. There are no counterexamples. None. It's not if, it's when.
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