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: Simplicity Quotes

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality.

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality.

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

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.

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

What is once well done is done forever.

What is once well done is done forever.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

That government is best which governs least.

That government is best which governs least.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being...

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being...

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must...

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.