The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Friendship Quotes

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

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...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

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...

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

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...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both...

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both...

Things do not change; we change.

Things do not change; we change.

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,...

There are times when silence has the loudest voice

There are times when silence has the loudest voice

To silence another, first be silent yourself

To silence another, first be silent yourself

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation....

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation....