A Quote by Henry David Thoreau

In the winter, warmth stands for all virtue.

Henry David Thoreau

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Stands Virtue Warmth Winter

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Henry David Thoreau
American - Author
July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862

... Arthur Gride, whose bleared eyes gloated only over the outward beauties, and were blind to the spirit which reigned within, evinced - a fantastic kind of warmth certainly, but not exactly that kind of warmth of feeling which the contemplation of virtue usually inspires.

Charles Dickens

Probably my favourite winter-word of all. Apricity is the warmth of the sun on a chilly day.

Susie Dent

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

John Steinbeck

Man wanted a home, a place for warmth, or comfort, first of physical warmth, then the warmth of the affections.

Henry David Thoreau

When death comes, it's just like winter. We don't say, "There ought not to be winter." That the winter season, when the leaves fall and the snow comes, is some kind of defeat, something which we should hold out against. No. Winter is part of the natural course of events. No winter, no summer. No cold, no heat.

Alan Watts

The hearts that love will know never winter's frost and chill. Summer's warmth is in them still.

Eben E. Rexford

It is not the high summer alone that is God's. The winter also is His. And into His winter He came to visit us. And all man's winters are His - the winter of our poverty, the winter of our sorrow, the winter of our unhappiness - even 'the winter of our discontent.

George MacDonald

The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness.

Henry David Thoreau

You are the only warmth in my heart. The only sunshine my winter has ever known. (Talon)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Once winter sets in I must have the sun and warmth. I need to be in the sun - I'm a true island baby.

Narciso Rodriguez

It stands for diversity. It stands for vision and strength. It stands for belief in the right things. That's what I think it stands for.

John Carlos

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.

Edith Sitwell

For the third year in a row, the United States has set a record for winter warmth, federal scientists reported yesterday. With an average temperature of 38.4 degrees Fahrenheit, the three-month period of December 1999 through February 2000 was the warmest winter season in the last 105 years in the contiguous 48 states, the scientists said. That mark slightly surpassed the previous record of 37.8 degrees, set a year ago.

William K. Stevens

She thanked God that life was not always winter, that spring always came at last to chase away the cold and heaviness, and to release one to warmth and movement again.

Janette Oke

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness? You only truly, deeply appreciate and are grateful for something when you compare and contrast it to something worse.

John Steinbeck

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you may live in Canada