The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

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.

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty...

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty...