Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
HENRY DAVID THOREAULive in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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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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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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All good things are wild and free.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
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Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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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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A written word is the choicest of relics.
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