![Any fool can make a ruleAnd any fool will mind it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f4dCQeNIz80/X1tdd5Ih04I/AAAAAAAAFmI/WHIP3SiRFAwGMJ4dZZZMmeRWsiDrxpxiwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/any-fool-can-make-a-ruleand-any-fool-will-mind-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Henry David Thoreau
![Any fool can make a ruleAnd any fool will mind it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f4dCQeNIz80/X1tdd5Ih04I/AAAAAAAAFmI/WHIP3SiRFAwGMJ4dZZZMmeRWsiDrxpxiwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/any-fool-can-make-a-ruleand-any-fool-will-mind-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-numw1cXVCZ8/X1uJrsGDiQI/AAAAAAAAKUg/RlcwQOFj6Iw7eYX5tqzWQv3UfkyEWCJOACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-language-of-friendship-is-not-words-but-meanings.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.
![The bluebird carries the sky on his back.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rwT1fjIwCyE/X0bO9bgu-oI/AAAAAAAAE3w/t8K56DV2JsEQMcGPbtI1NT6zI7whnJCggCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/the-bluebird-carries-the-sky-on-his-back-quotes-by-henry-david-thoreau-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-nature.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The bluebird carries the sky on his back.
![The question is not what you look at, but what you see.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xo1qlnoLl2E/X1uKUI1MjZI/AAAAAAAAKcc/1oEL404IpLs_wdXeF9TJy5TlDPBLoSfNACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-question-is-not-what-you-look-at-but-what-you-see.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
![Be not simply good – be good for something.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FECkndUsfCk/X0a-neHM5uI/AAAAAAAABp0/xnB7hxpQK24cmwAYtwWP8KpRl0tUZ-ptQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw1quf-gU/w750-h750-p/be-not-simply-good---be-good-for-something-quotes-by-henry-david-thoreau-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-good.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Be not simply good – be good for something.
![Men have become the tools of their tools.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7QFkMuBpst0/X0bLH6K77RI/AAAAAAAAEPk/OAbHLh768J4tKMvKQie0JFiNueI4Xr0TgCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/men-have-become-the-tools-of-their-tools-quotes-by-henry-david-thoreau-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-technology-men.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Men have become the tools of their tools.
![‘Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_eNJ2kPGbOs/X0bQNG3IYII/AAAAAAAAE1s/2et004GQjeAqpxbnFZiBugDFusW99AbBQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/tis-healthy-to-be-sick-sometimes-quotes-by-henry-david-thoreau-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-health.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
‘Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.
![The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DHH9csFfvkQ/X0bPhrVZN3I/AAAAAAAAE38/33ilgKZX5eM4Mzw0qcAlz0K71dN8p7LjQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/the-rarest-quality-in-an-epitaph-is-truth-quotes-by-henry-david-thoreau-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-truth.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.
![As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1KKX21VMIAo/X1tdnLmKrNI/AAAAAAAAFog/05REectreFAPZtPBZd8aQ3OTTUnMNqTMwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/as-if-you-could-kill-time-without-injuring-eternity.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
![Men are born to succeed, not to fail.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YPuINLcu6G8/X0bLDs_xKUI/AAAAAAAAEPA/uV8Htk5bVxUHfI42LXMRDCe5UdMsw_XnwCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/men-are-born-to-succeed-not-to-fail-quotes-by-henry-david-thoreau-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-men.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
![How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_NpvaxYKyPc/X1tozy5nkrI/AAAAAAAAG1k/dlPolqS-4B4fI3MXes68oe_ng3jSwJytwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/how-vain-it-is-to-sit-down-to-write-when-you-have-not-stood-up-to-live.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
![Things do not change; we change.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q01nh_R4BjI/X1uLzECvFcI/AAAAAAAAKuk/XtAhJmsKDd43_a-3pdcL8LLDBzBt3cJgwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/things-do-not-change-we-change.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)