The millions are awake enough for physical labor; but only one in a million is awake enough for effective intellectual exertion, only one in a hundred millions to a poetic or divine life. To be awake is to be alive.


Walden (ed. 1882)

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

The millions are awake enough for physical labor; but only one in a million is awake enough for effective intellectual exertion, only one in a...

The millions are awake enough for physical labor; but only one in a million is awake enough for effective intellectual exertion, only one in a...

The millions are awake enough for physical labor; but only one in a million is awake enough for effective intellectual exertion, only one in a...

The millions are awake enough for physical labor; but only one in a million is awake enough for effective intellectual exertion, only one in a...