Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
10 quotes
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify. |
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. |
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives. |
This world is but a canvas to our imagination. |
Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. |
It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are... than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise. |
It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? |
Live your life, do your work, then take your hat. |
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. |
Men have become the tools of their tools. |