The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: The Present Quotes, Time Quotes

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

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...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

What is once well done is done forever.

What is once well done is done forever.

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...

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

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

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

That government is best which governs least.

That government is best which governs least.

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

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...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

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?...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.