I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIf we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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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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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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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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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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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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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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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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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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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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