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

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

If you have built castles in the air; your work need not be lost; that...

If you have built castles in the air; your work need not be lost; that...

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they...

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience...

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience...

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

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

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

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

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?...

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

From birth to death, anyone can fish. I just think it's fantastic to see old...

From birth to death, anyone can fish. I just think it's fantastic to see old...

Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime.

Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime.

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of...

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of...

If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no...

If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no...