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.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIt is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
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If you want to be happy, be!
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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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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
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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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Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
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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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The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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