"What a pity if we do not..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“The life of a wise man is most of all extemporaneous, for he lives out of an eternity which includes all time.”

“If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?”

“Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies, and not be the biggest pygmie that he can? Let everyone mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made”

“It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.”

“You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.”

“Precisely because we cannot predict the moment, we must be ready at all moments.”

“Those who know others are intelligent Those who know themselves have insight. Those who master others have force Those who master themselves have strength.Those who know what is enough are wealthy. Those who persevere have direction. Those who maintain their position endure. And those who die and yet do not perish, live on.”

“If you can find true contentment, it will last forever.”

“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.”