 | Henry David Thoreau: WaldenEmpire Books In 1845, Henry David Thoreau moved into a cabin by Walden Pond. With the intention of immersing himself in nature and distancing himself from the distractions of social life, Thoreau sustained his retreat for just over two years. More popular than ever, Walden is a paean to the virtues of simplicity and self-sufficiency. |
I have found repeatedly, of late years, that I cannot fish without falling a little in self respect.
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him keep step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
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If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to lead the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
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With a little more deliberation in the choice of their pursuits, all men would perhaps become essentially students and observers.
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However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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