Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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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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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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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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I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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