Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We may waive just so much read more
I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We may waive just so much care of ourselves as we honestly bestow elsewhere.
Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.
Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and read more
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favour in a more liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings. In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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.
If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?
If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.
What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.
Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.
Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.
