You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, there is no other life but this.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: The Present Quotes

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

Every child begins the world again.

Every child begins the world again.

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may...

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

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

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

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and Spring. If there is no response...

Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and Spring. If there is no response...

Even people who aren't sick may not have optimal wellness.

Even people who aren't sick may not have optimal wellness.

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn...

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn...

Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because...

Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because...