Quotes from Thoreau Henry David

I have a room all to myself; it is nature.

Read not the Times, read the Eternities.

He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.

to one whose elastic and vigorous thoughts keep pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning. It matters not the labors and attitudes of men, morning is when I am awake and there is dawn in me.

You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; may be you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it.

As long as I have the friendship of the sesasons life will never be a burden to me.

You must converse much with the field and the woods if you would imbibe such health into your mind and spirit as you covet for your body

In the love of narrow souls I make many short voyages but in vain–I find no sea room—but in great souls I sail before the wind without a watch, and never reach the shore.

Oh to reach the point of death and realize one has not lived at all.

what a rich book might be made about buds and, perhaps, sprouts!

Az ország sorsa nem azon múlik, hogy miként szavazol, mert ebben a játékban a legsilányabb ember is ugyanannyit ér, mint a legjobb; nem azon múlik, hogy milyen papírt engedsz a kezedbÅ'l a szavazóurnába egyszer egy évben, hanem hogy milyen embert engedsz a szobádból az utcára minden egyes reggel.

Google this by Thoreau and see if you can find it among the many many posterized quotes. No. We want doctrines and schemes. The wisest man preaches no doctrines; he has no scheme; he sees no rafter, not even a cobweb, against the heavens. It is clear sky. If I ever see more clearly at one time than at another, the medium through which I see is clearer.

Si he de arrastrar mi trampa, me cuidaré de que sea ligera y no me pellizque en una parte vital

I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks, who had a genius, so to speak, for Sauntering.

No hay otro remedio para el amor que amar más.

No quiero sentir ya mi vida como si fuera una estadía. La filosofía que así la pinta es falsa. Ya es hora de empezar a vivir.

Such is beauty ever. Neither here nor there, now nor then. Neither in Rome, nor in Athens. But, wherever there is a soul to admire. If I seek her elsewhere because I do not find her at home, my search will prove a fruitless one.

The man I meet is seldom so instructive as the silence which he breaks