Henry David Thoreau

The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.

Henry David Thoreau

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

Henry David Thoreau

Time is like a handful of sand – the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers.

Henry David Thoreau

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Henry David Thoreau

What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.

Henry David Thoreau

When it’s time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.

Henry David Thoreau

Simplify your life. Don’t waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don’t burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don’t destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!

Henry David Thoreau

A bore is someone who takes away my solitude and doesn’t give me companionship in return.

Henry David Thoreau

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Henry David Thoreau

All good things are wild, and free.

Henry David Thoreau