The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThe cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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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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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
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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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The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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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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