Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
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It is strange that men will talk of miracles, revelations, inspiration, and the like, as things past, while love remains.
[Love]
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It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.
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It is the slowest pulsation which is the most vital. The hero will then know how to wait as well as to make haste. All good abides with him who waiteth wisely.
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It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of to-day.
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It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
[Being]
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It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.
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It takes two to speak the truth--one to speak and the other to hear.
[Trust]
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It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
[Imagination]
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It's only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God.
[God]
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Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.
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Let a man take time enough for the most trival deed, though it be but the paring of his nails. The buds swell imperceptibly, without hurry or confusion, as if the short spring days were an eternity.
[Moderation]
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Let everyone mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made.
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Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine.
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Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.
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Live the life you've dreamed.
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Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
[Spirituality]
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Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.
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Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.
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Man is the artificer of his own happiness.
[Happiness]
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