A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUAn early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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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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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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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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A written word is the choicest of relics.
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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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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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If you want to be happy, be!
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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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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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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