I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say that characters were engraven on the bathing tub of King Tching-thang to this effect: "Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again."


Walden (ed. 1882)

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say that characters were engraven...

I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say that characters were engraven...

I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say that characters were engraven...

I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say that characters were engraven...