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.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUA single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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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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Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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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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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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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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