There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Happiness Quotes

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...

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?...

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

Every child begins the world again.

Every child begins the world again.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

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

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

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...

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul is...

Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul is...

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...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

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...

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

The only difference between intelligence and education is this: intelligence will make you a good...

The only difference between intelligence and education is this: intelligence will make you a good...

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it...

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it...