I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUCould a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
HENRY DAVID THOREAUA man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThe question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThings do not change; we change.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThe path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWhat is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
HENRY DAVID THOREAUHeaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUA single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUA truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIt is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIt is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
HENRY DAVID THOREAUAll good things are wild and free.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUGo confidently in the direction of your dreams!
HENRY DAVID THOREAUAny fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU