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.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUEvery generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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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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I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don’t get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.
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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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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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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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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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