What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

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...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

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.

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

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

Be not simply good - be good for something.

Be not simply good - be good for something.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish...

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal 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.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

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

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

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...

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

I dont drink to get drunk. Thats just not cute.

I dont drink to get drunk. Thats just not cute.