Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUGo confidently in the direction of your dreams!
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
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Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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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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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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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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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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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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