Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUDreams are the touchstones of our characters.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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Write while the heat is in you.
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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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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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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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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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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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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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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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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All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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