I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUA man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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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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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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Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.
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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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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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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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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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Write while the heat is in you.
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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 was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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