Quotes of Henry David Thoreau

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I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake his neighbours up.

- Henry David Thoreau

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“ I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. ”

- Kazuo Ishiguro

“ How do I say “I miss you” in a way that will make your heart ache as mine does? ”

- Unknown

“ There is a distinct, awful pain that comes with loving someone more than they love you. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. ”

- Mother Teresa

“ I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. ”

- Joyce Kilmer

“ The price of your birthday outfits should go costlier with respect to the ages you lived. ”

- Anwesha Mohanty ‘Anny’

“ There are no trips to your past that are free ”

- Michalopoulos Angelos

“ I spend most nights at home falling in love with the idea of you. ”

- Michael Faudet

“ I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ”

- Stephen Chbosky

“ Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. ”

- Ovid

“ If you are happy with the person you are becoming, and you can understand that the journey is long and the processes are slow; you are on the right track no matter what your current situation is. ”

- Joshua Lynott

“ Our great human adventure is the evolution of consciousness. We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain. ”

- Tom Robbins

“ If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace. ”

- Leo Tolstoy

“ I believe in love the verb, not the noun. ”

- Greg Behrendt

“ Numbers by popular consensus don’t make a wrong thing right, and if you are misunderstood for being right, don’t be afraid because they are not yet in the right time zone. ”

- Erwin D. Maramat

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

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

“ Life is a game and true love is a trophy. ”

- Rufus Wainwright

“ My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ I was watching the first raindrops falling down on the porous ground. Each drop disappeared eagerly into the sand without any hesitations. The Earth, in turn, embraced it warmly like it has gotten back something precious that once belonged to it. I, somehow, thought that this particular image suited more our story than anything else ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. ”

- Dr. Seuss

“ Don't let him take who you are. Make him fear who you'll become. ”

- Mary Weber

“ For men, I think, love is a thing formed of equal parts lust and astonishment. The astonishment part women understand. The lust part they only think they understand. ”

- Stephen King

“ If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace. ”

- John Lennon

“ Do you ever put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that’s what love is like. Everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but you just keep going. ”

- Practical Magic