Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWhat is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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If you want to be happy, be!
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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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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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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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Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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Things do not change; we change.
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I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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