Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUA single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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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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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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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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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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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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Things do not change; we change.
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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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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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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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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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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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