Maxioms by Henry David Thoreau
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
Things do not change, we do.
Things do not change, we do.
It's not enough to be busy. The question is: What are we busy about?
It's not enough to be busy. The question is: What are we busy about?
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.
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances read more
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.