I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
HENRY DAVID THOREAULife in us is like the water in a river.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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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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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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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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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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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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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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