Quotes of Henry David Thoreau

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The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.

- Henry David Thoreau

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“ There’s only so many variations on the basics of human relationships. To me, it’s all about the detail and how you tell the story. How you say, ‘I love you.’ ”

- K. Flay

“ A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes. ”

- Robert Frost

“ And these aches in my heart create poetry! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ I can only think about the past, but I can always design the future. ”

- Davin Ferrigon

“ I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living. ”

- Steven Spielberg

“ One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy. ”

- Alain de Botton

“ The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. ”

- Emily Dickinson

“ The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. ”

- Alexander Graham Bell

“ Love alone could waken love. ”

- Pearl S. Buck

“ Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. ”

- Michel de Montaigne

“ Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles. ”

- Sherrilyn Kenyon

“ A good idea always attracts other good ideas. ”

- Patrick Ness

“ Perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy; my happiness does not lie in you. If you were to leave me, I will not feel sorry for myself; I enjoy your company immensely, but I do not cling. ”

- Anthony de Mello

“ We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love. ”

- Mother Teresa

“ We accept some black people, receive some white people, embrace some Asian people, and welcome some mixed people, but God commands us to love all people. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Many, many readers have written asking me wistfully about the nature of Sam and Grace's relationship, and I can assure you, that sort is absolutely real. Mutual, respectful, enduring love is completely attainable as long as you swear you won't settle for less. ”

- Maggie Stiefvater

“ True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the wellbeing of one's companion. ”

- Gordon B. Hinckley

“ We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ Confusion, obsession, and potential love walk handinhand. ”

- Ashli and Trisha Edwards

“ Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. ”

- Unknown

“ Love people who hate you. Pray for people who have wronged you. It won’t just change their life…it’ll change yours. ”

- Mandy Hale

“ I will love you even when I am dust on the wind. ”

- Nalini Singh

“ An early. morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ 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

“ If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut. ”

- Albert Einstein