Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

City life is millions of people being lonesome together. >>

The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams. >>

What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the vir >>

Quotations about Busyness

If you are pre-occupied with life and death then you aren't ready for >>

Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable >>

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable. >>

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

Thoreau, Henry David