Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Simplicity Quotes

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...

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

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...

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more

There is no remedy for love but to love more

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past...

As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past...

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

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...

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.