A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
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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What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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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.
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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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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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I love to be alone.
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