As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Life Quotes

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are...

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are...

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

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...

Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and Spring. If there is no response...

Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and Spring. If there is no response...

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...

What is once well done is done forever.

What is once well done is done forever.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only...

Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only...

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard

The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim,...

The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim,...