Henry David Thoreau — 😊 Happiness Quote

Thoreau echoes the wisdom that happiness arrives when we stop desperately seeking it.

“Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you.”

Thoreau echoes the wisdom that happiness arrives when we stop desperately seeking it.

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”

— Henry David Thoreau