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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

That government is best which governs least.

That government is best which governs least.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are......

It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are......

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience...

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

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

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

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...