It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
HENRY DAVID THOREAULife in us is like the water in a river.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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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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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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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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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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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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