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.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUSay what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I love to be alone.
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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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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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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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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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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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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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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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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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