Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do want…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Poverty Quotes

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...

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...

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when...

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

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...

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...

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

We hate the kindness which we understand.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

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...