More from Henry David Thoreau
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The heart is forever inexperienced.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it’s gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau There is no remedy for love but to love more.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Write while the heat is in you.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau We are constantly invited to be what we are.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau
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When you are with your friends, control your tongue.
Stuart PetersonStuart Peterson And you have fast become my weakness, even as you remain my source of strength.
Alma-May NoaAlma-May Noa No one else is on your path so why should their limits be?
Elezabeth SymondElezabeth Symond I heard many tongues in many languages saying that people cannot be Gods, and that’s a given. But what if people don’t know what was given to them?
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn Pride – it screams a lot louder than love sometimes.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix Messed up people even see the beauty in all the shitty places.
Lara-LeanLara-Lean I loved you more than love was allowed.
Lang LeavLang Leav Don’t mistake your discovery for the absence of yourself.
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More on breathe
Speak to Him, thou, for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet- Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
Martin LutherMartin Luther I don’t care who you are, you’re going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don’t move and you can’t take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe I don’t care who you are, you’re going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don’t move and you can’t take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe If I’m breathing in 2016, I’ll be happy.
Andrew CuomoAndrew Cuomo It is all very beautiful and magical here – a quality which cannot be described. You have to live it and breathe it, let the sun bake into you.
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams Next time you’re about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, ‘My daughter has executive leadership skills.’
Sheryl SandbergSheryl Sandberg All these candles unlit perhaps they too need to breathe you.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh