Quotes of Henry David Thoreau

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If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

- Henry David Thoreau

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“ Love all, trust a few. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Sometimes love means letting go when you want to hold on tighter. ”

- Melissa Marr

“ ...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. ”

- Anne Lamott

“ Her footprints are leaving green marks on the desert heart of mine ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ I know that the whole point—the only point—is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. ”

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

“ About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all. ”

- Rita Mae Brown

“ The path is paved with consistent, conscious mental and spiritual alertness and the gradual growth of goodness in our heart and clarity in our mind. We are awake. If we keep trying to understand, we will understand. If we keep telling ourselves that we are loved by Life and if we keep looking for evidence of that love, we will find it. ”

- Donna Goddard

“ When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth. ”

- Jodi Picoult

“ I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have wonderful news!" And I was like, "I don't really want to hear wonderful news right now," and Gus said, "This is wonderful news you want to hear," and I asked him, "Fine, what is it?" and he said, "You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet! ”

- John Green

“ In meetings philosophy might work, on the field practicality works. ”

- Amit Kalantri

“ If you suddenly stumble upon the right door, you will not be able to recognize that it is right. ”

- Osho

“ Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have. ”

- Franz Kafka

“ It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones. ”

- Ray Bradbury

“ Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truthpenultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words. It is beyond words. Beyond images, beyond that bounding rim of the Buddhist Wheel of Becoming. Mythology pitches the mind beyond that rim, to what can be known but not told. ”

- Joseph Campbell

“ It is better to be respected than it is to be popular. Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever. ”

- John Bytheway

“ There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge. ”

- Banksy

“ Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you. ”

- Amit Ray

“ When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair. ”

- Taylor Swift

“ I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now. ”

- Taylor Swift

“ Those who ignore the rise of evil and depravity in a democracy, grant tacit license of acceptance and draw harm upon the vulnerable. When someone has altered our course without consent, we must engage to restore our path. ”

- RJ Intindola