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Quiet Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- The intellect of most men is barren. They neither fertilize or are fertilized. It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the…
- The world laughs in flowers.
- What the banker sighs for, the meanest clown may have-leisure and a quiet mind.
- If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. [Like they say, 'Every cloud has a silver lining'...so if…
- I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.
- If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
- The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
- The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.
- There is no just and serene criticism as yet.
- Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
- The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even…
- The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
- The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate…
- The landscape was clothed in a mild and quiet light, in which the woods and fences checkered and partitioned it with new regularity, and rough…
More Quiet Quotes
- Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed. — Neil Armstrong
- Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee. — Saint Augustine
- An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. — Walter Bagehot
- It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to… — Robert Ballard
- American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. — Henry Adams
- There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it. — Amelia Barr
- I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery. — Luis Barragan
- Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought,… — Lynda Barry
- It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become… — Joseph Addison
- Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. — Samuel Beckett
- That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library. — Aphra Behn
- From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the… — Hilaire Belloc