Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Friends Quotes

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that...

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.

When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all...

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all...

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

Those who don't pick roses in summer won't pick them in winter either

Those who don't pick roses in summer won't pick them in winter either

In those vernal seasons of the year, when the air is calm and pleasant, it...

In those vernal seasons of the year, when the air is calm and pleasant, it...