The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUPursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
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What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
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I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don’t get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.
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Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
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Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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