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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Being Single Quotes

We hate the kindness which we understand.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

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,...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

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...

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...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts,...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts,...

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

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 went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world

A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world