Spirit Events

Famous quotes containing the words spirit and/or events:

“Where is the “unexplored land” but in our own untried enterprises? To an adventurous spirit any place—London, New York, Worcester, or his own yard—is “unexplored land,” to seek which Frémont and Kane travel so far. To a sluggish and defeated spirit even the Great Basin and the Polaris are trivial places.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Just as a mirror may be used to reflect images, so ancient events may be used to understand the present.”
—Chinese proverb.