Henry David Thoreau - About alone - 90188

"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.“

-Henry David Thoreau

posted in alone

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?"

-Henry David Thoreau

"Live your life, do your work, then take your hat."

-Henry David Thoreau

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."

-Henry David Thoreau

"Be true to your work, your word, and your friend."

-Henry David Thoreau

"Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it."

-Henry David Thoreau

"To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea."

-Henry David Thoreau

womenView Quote

More Quotes About alone

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist the good are ever too luke-warm."

-Algernon H. Blackwood

aloneView Quote

"Your thoughts and emotions are yours alone."

-John Buchanan Robinson

aloneView Quote

"I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans."

-Michael Chertoff

aloneView Quote

"You are forever alone."

-John Buchanan Robinson

aloneView Quote

"I have two ideas for novels at the moment, neither of them all that conventional, but I'm not ready to choose between them yet, let alone settle down to the process of writing."

-Jonathan Coe

aloneView Quote

"For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe."

-John Buchanan Robinson

aloneView Quote