Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.
Henry David Thoreau
Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy... →
Live the life you've dreamed.
A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness... →
If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.
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.
What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.
A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time... →