“I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.”
— Henry David Thoreau —
Picture Quote“There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.”
— Henry David Thoreau —
“A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man’s life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars.”
— Henry David Thoreau —
Picture Quote“If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.”
— Henry David Thoreau —
Picture Quote“Do what you love. Know your own bone gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.”
— Henry David Thoreau —
Picture Quote“Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.”
— Henry David Thoreau —
“In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.”
— Henry David Thoreau —
“Live the life you’ve dreamed.”
— Henry David Thoreau —
“May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!”
— Henry David Thoreau —
“Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.”
— Henry David Thoreau —
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