Henry David Thoreau -Wise Words

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.”
― Henry David Thoreau

 

 

 

“Not till we are completely lost or turned around... do we begin to find ourselves.”
― Henry David Thoreau

 

 

 

“I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

 

 

 

 

“I am a happy camper so I guess I’m doing something right. Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.”
― Henry David Thoreau

 

 

 

“A bore is someone who takes away my solitude and doesn't give me companionship in return.”
― Henry David Thoreau

 

 

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

 

 

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”
― Henry David Thoreau

 

 

 

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. ”
― Henry David Thoreau