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

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

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

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

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

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...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

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...

We hate the kindness which we understand.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

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....

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor...

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor...

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.