 Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. |
| A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars. |
| I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while. |
| Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant? |
| It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man. |
| 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. |
| Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. |
| Men are born to succeed, not to fail. |
| Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul. |
| Live the life you've dreamed. |
| Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new. Topics: Age |
| Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. |
| Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. |
| Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. |
| I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. |
| Be not simply good - be good for something. |
| To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. |
| Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh. |
| Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. |
| In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood. |
