Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
HENRY DAVID THOREAULive the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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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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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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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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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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