Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUOur truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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The question is not what you look at, but what you 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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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
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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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Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.
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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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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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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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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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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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