Quotes by Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau 10 quotes Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify. | #607 | | Save it ? 0 ⤫ It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. | #608 | | Save it ? 0 ⤫ 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. | #609 | | Save it ? 2 ⤫ This world is but a canvas to our imagination. | #610 | | Save it ? 1 ⤫ Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. | #611 | | Save it ? 0 ⤫ 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. | #612 | | Save it ? 0 ⤫ It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? | #613 | | Save it ? 0 ⤫ Live your life, do your work, then take your hat. | #614 | | Save it ? 2 ⤫ An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. | #615 | | Save it ? 0 ⤫ Men have become the tools of their tools. | #616 | | Save it ? 0