Things do not change; we change.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWhat sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.
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Write while the heat is in you.
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
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Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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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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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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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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A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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