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

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

Faith never makes a confession.

Faith never makes a confession.

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

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....

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.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

I'm amazed when I see these little 8 year old kids with iPhones. You know...

I'm amazed when I see these little 8 year old kids with iPhones. You know...