The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. Henry David Thoreau on life
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 it. Henry David Thoreau on life
To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Henry David Thoreau on life
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau on life
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 weakness. Henry David Thoreau on life
I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau on life
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something. Henry David Thoreau on 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. Henry David Thoreau on life
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. Henry David Thoreau on life
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, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars. Henry David Thoreau on life
There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life. Henry David Thoreau on life
Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify. Henry David Thoreau on life
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. Henry David Thoreau on life
What is called genius is the abundance of life and health. Henry David Thoreau on life
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 Thoreau on life
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. Henry David Thoreau on life
There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living. Henry David Thoreau on life
Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? Henry David Thoreau on life