Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. It's thin current slides away, but eternity remains.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Fishing Quotes, Time Quotes

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.