Henry David Thoreau

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be stranger to him as he is more familiar to the audience. The longest intimacy could not foretell how he would behave then

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

If I shall sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I’m sure that, for me, there would be nothing left worth living for.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Baby I’m a fool who thinks it’s cool to fall in love!

I want to be loved while I’m here, and the only way to get love is to give love.

I stopped believing in love at first sight. I think you go through that wonderful love stage, but when it gets hard, you need a little bit more.

To be fully seen by somebody, then and be loved anyhow – this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.

We are asleep until we fall in Love!

I think… if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.

Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them-we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.

The opposite of love isn’t hate. It isn’t even indifference. It’s fear.

True love is finding your soulmate in your best friend.

You’re ripped at every edge but you’re a masterpiece.

I’m standing in the ashes of who I used to be.

Love is the absence of judgment.

I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be. -Dolly (Anna Karenina)