A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUEnthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Things do not change; we change.
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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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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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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
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I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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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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I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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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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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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