Tag: Henry David Thoreau

“There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.”

– Henry David Thoreau

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”

– Henry David Thoreau

“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.”

– Henry David Thoreau

“Men are not concealed under habits, but are revealed by them; they are their true clothes.”

– Henry David Thoreau

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”

– Henry David Thoreau

“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.”

– Henry David Thoreau

“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.”

– Henry David Thoreau

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of each. Grow green with the spring, yellow and ripe with autumn.”

– Henry David Thoreau

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”

– Henry David Thoreau

“Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.”

– Henry David Thoreau

“It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?”

– Henry David Thoreau

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”

– Henry David Thoreau