I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIt is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
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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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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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I love to be alone.
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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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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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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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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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The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.
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Write while the heat is in you.
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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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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I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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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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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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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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