It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it’s gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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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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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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Write while the heat is in you.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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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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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
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