Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?
If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
The world is but a canvas to our imagination.
The world is but a canvas to our imagination.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and read more
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I have not lived.
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the read more
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.
Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.
Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.
Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.
Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.
