Quotes
Quotes - Thoreau
My life is like a stroll upon the beach,
As near the ocean's edge as I can go.
I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
Whate'er we leave to God, God does
And blesses us.
I hear beyond the range of sound,
I see beyond the range of sight,
New earths and skies and seas around,
And in my day the sun doth pale his light.
She with one breath attunes the spheres,
And also my poor human heart.
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising; but, doubt not, it was of the last importance only to be present at it.
For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snow-storms and rain-storms and did my duty faithfully.
If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavours to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Nature is full of Genius, full of Divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.
It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?
It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?
A man is rich in proportion to the things he can afford to let alone.
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much of life. So aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.
The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?
It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
