"Walden" Quotes
A man reflects on simple living and the natural world during his time living in a cabin in the woods.
classics | 352 pages | Published in 1954
Quotes
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.
I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating.
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.
The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.
I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.
As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
