Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Time Quotes

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer...

They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer...

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

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 should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

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...

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

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...

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.

The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.