You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUYou must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThe question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThis world is but canvas to our imaginations.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUHeaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUNot 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.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUBe resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUEnthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
HENRY DAVID THOREAULive in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUDisobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThe most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUTake 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 THOREAUWildness is the preservation of the World.
HENRY DAVID THOREAURead the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUTo be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUNight is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU