Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
Henry David Thoreau
Haste, Patience, Life, Reflection, Efficiency
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“He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul’s estate.” Henry David Thoreau
Leisure, Soul, Improvement, Peace, Reflection
Henry David Thoreau Leisure, Soul, Improvement, Peace, Reflection“Nature is doing her best each moment to make us well. She exists for no other end. Do not resist. With the least inclination to be well, we should not be sick.” Henry David Thoreau
Health, Nature, Wellness, Harmony, Healing
Henry David Thoreau Health, Nature, Wellness, Harmony, Healing“In my short experience of human life, the outward obstacles, if there were any such, have not been living men, but the institutions of the dead.” Henry David Thoreau
Obstacles, Institutions, Society, Reflection, Life
Henry David Thoreau Obstacles, Institutions, Society, Reflection, Life“The American has dwindled into an Odd Fellow,-one who may be known by the development of his organ of gregariousness.” Henry David Thoreau
America, Society, Individualism, Social, Identity
Henry David Thoreau America, Society, Individualism, Social, Identity“Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.” Henry David Thoreau
Integrity, Individuality, Strength, Belief, Justice
Henry David Thoreau Integrity, Individuality, Strength, Belief, Justice“Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.” Henry David Thoreau
Nature, Mystery, Acceptance, Wisdom, Universe
Henry David Thoreau Nature, Mystery, Acceptance, Wisdom, Universe“Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent.” Henry David Thoreau
Books, Civilization, History, Knowledge, Learning
Henry David Thoreau Books, Civilization, History, Knowledge, Learning“Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once.” Henry David Thoreau
Discovery, Knowledge, Vision, Science, Wonder
Henry David Thoreau Discovery, Knowledge, Vision, Science, Wonder“Men spend the best parts of their lives earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it.” Henry David Thoreau
Work, Money, Life, Liberty, Society
Henry David Thoreau Work, Money, Life, Liberty, Society“As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.” Henry David Thoreau
Society, Change, History, Continuity, Reflection
Henry David Thoreau Society, Change, History, Continuity, Reflection“Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.” Henry David Thoreau
Poverty, Wealth, Simplicity, Happiness, Life
Henry David Thoreau Poverty, Wealth, Simplicity, Happiness, Life“Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.” Henry David Thoreau
Community, Nobility, Society, Equality, Vision
Henry David Thoreau Community, Nobility, Society, Equality, Vision“Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.” Henry David Thoreau
Focus, Life, Future, Reflection, Progress
Henry David Thoreau Focus, Life, Future, Reflection, Progress“The morning wind forever blows, the poem of creation is uninterrupted; but few are the ears to hear it.” Henry David Thoreau
Nature, Creation, Beauty, Perception, Silence
Henry David Thoreau Nature, Creation, Beauty, Perception, Silence“Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.” Henry David Thoreau
Behavior, Action, Positivity, Influence, Atmosphere
Henry David Thoreau Behavior, Action, Positivity, Influence, Atmosphere“Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.” Henry David Thoreau
Innocence, Perception, Humanity, Compassion, Understanding
Henry David Thoreau Innocence, Perception, Humanity, Compassion, Understanding“Most men, it seems to me, do not care for Nature and would sell their share in all her beauty, as long as they may live, for a stated sum – many for a glass of rum. Thank God, men cannot as yet fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth!” Henry David Thoreau
Nature, Beauty, Value, Preservation, Society
Henry David Thoreau Nature, Beauty, Value, Preservation, Society