Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our best at each level of experience.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Experience Quotes, Life Quotes

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest...

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

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...

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...

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

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

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...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.

If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.