If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWhat sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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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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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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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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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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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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I love to be alone.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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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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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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