Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

The knowledge of an unlearned man is living and luxuriant like a fores >>

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in ev >>

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What ar >>

Quotations about Idleness

The insupportable labor of doing nothing. >>

It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all. >>

Prolonged idleness paralyzes initiative. >>

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

Thoreau, Henry David