henry david

“ 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. ”

“ There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Goodness is the only investment that never fails. ”

“ I love Nature partly because she is not man, but a retreat from him. None of his institutions control or pervade her. There a different kind of right prevails. In her midst, I can be glad with an entire gladness. ”

“ If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however, measured or far away. ”

“ The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. ”

“ I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers. ”

“ Nature refuses to sympathize with our sorrow. She seems not to have provided for, but by a thousand contrivances against it. ”

“ I believe that water is the only drink for the wise man. ”