I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
HENRY DAVID THOREAURenew thyself completely each day.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUPursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUA man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIt takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUYou must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUNot 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 THOREAUThe universe is wider than our views of it.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWhat sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
HENRY DAVID THOREAUAll men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUEvery generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
HENRY DAVID THOREAULive in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUHow vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it’s gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUNot 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 THOREAU