More from Henry David Thoreau
I make myself rich by making my wants few.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau If you want to be happy, be!
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I love to be alone.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau 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 ThoreauHenry David Thoreau We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Renew thyself completely each day.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau
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How strange that our hearts heal from the same thing that broke it -love.
Cailin HargreavesCailin Hargreaves The peak of intensity is numbness not emotionless.
Anamika GargAnamika Garg She is everything and nothing at all.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole She built her castle at rock bottom.
Harriet SelinaHarriet Selina Keep growing into yourself.
Sophia JoanSophia Joan They tell you to be grateful for what you have. But you are also allowed to be sad for what you have lost.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura what the sky is to a bird is like a dream for a dreamer.
Safna SulaimanSafna Sulaiman The Red Rose on my grave shows once I was in love.
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Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
Walter ScottWalter Scott Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all Science.
William WordsworthWilliam Wordsworth The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields What one does in one’s art, that is the breath of one’s being. What one does in one’s life, that is a bagatelle for the outsiders to fuss about.
D. H. LawrenceD. H. Lawrence I never go to funerals. To me a person is dead when he breathes for the last time. After that, your memories should be personal.
Hedy LamarrHedy Lamarr Success is my breathing space. I brought it on myself. I will price it, I will cash it, I can take it or leave it. Loneliness is my hiding place, breastfeeding myself. What more can I say? I have swallowed the bitter pill, I can taste it. Life is real.
Freddie MercuryFreddie Mercury Do friends really long to breathe the air of the other?
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh The last time I felt alive – I was looking into your eyes. Breathing your air, touching your skin, saying goodbye. The last time I felt alive, I was dying.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki