Tag: Henry David Thoreau
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Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
Henry David Thoreau
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
Henry David Thoreau
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There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.
Henry David Thoreau
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Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.
Henry David Thoreau
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Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.
Henry David Thoreau
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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
Henry David Thoreau
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Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them.
Henry David Thoreau
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Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.
Henry David Thoreau
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Henry David Thoreau
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I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.
Henry David Thoreau