As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIf we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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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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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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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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What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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The universe is wider than our views of it.
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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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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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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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 a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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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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