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 THOREAURead the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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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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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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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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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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