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Simplify Your Life
“Simplify your life. Don’t waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don’t burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don’t destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!” ~ Henry David Thoreau
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” ~Henry David Thoreau
Love
Understanding Ourselves
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
To Be A Philosopher
“To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
Our life is frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify. ~Henry David Thoreau
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. ~ Henry David Thoreau
All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Quote ~ Henry David Thoreau
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. ~Henry David Thoreau
If A Man Walks In The Woods…..
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. ~HenryContinue reading “If A Man Walks In The Woods…..”
October
October is the month for painted leaves…. As fruits and leaves and the day itself acquire a bright tint just before they fall, so the year near its setting. October is its sunset sky; November the later twilight. ~Henry David Thoreau, “Autumnal Tints”
Henry David Thoreau
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. -Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about? Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau Quote
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau Quote
Simplify
“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.” – Henry David Thoreau http://www.bquot.es/s/1691
Pathway – Henry David Thoreau
Change
Friendship
Brainy Quote
Society
What Matters
Universe
Heaven
Summer
Source
Matter
Source
All change is a miracle …..
All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant. — Henry David Thoreau
Bluebird
The bluebird carries the sky on his back. – Henry David Thoreau
If People Walk In The Woods For The Love… Henry David Thoreau
If people walk in the woods for the love of them half of each day, they are in danger of being regarded as loafers; but if they spend their whole days as speculators, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, they are esteemed industrious and enterprising citizens. As if a townContinue reading “If People Walk In The Woods For The Love… Henry David Thoreau”
What is the Use of Going… – Henry David Thoreau
What is the use of going over the old tracks again? You must make tracks into the unknown. Henry David Thoreau
