Things do not change; we change.
HENRY DAVID THOREAURenew thyself completely each day.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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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.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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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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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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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
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