The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don’t get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
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What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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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.
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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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