If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUNight is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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All good things are wild and free.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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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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I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
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Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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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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