Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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If you want to be happy, be!
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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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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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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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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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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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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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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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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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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The universe is wider than our views of it.
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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