To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but to so love wisdom as to live according to its dictates a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

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

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

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

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...

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

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

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

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

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

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

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

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...

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

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...

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

We have become so accustomed to the religious lie that surrounds us that we do...

We have become so accustomed to the religious lie that surrounds us that we do...

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.