Henry David Thoreau

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and read more

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on read more

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, there is no other life but this.

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow read more

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.