I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
HT Henry David ThoreauEssayist & naturalist · 1817–1862What this quote means
True wealth isn't money but the capacity to experience life fully. By that measure, richness is available to almost anyone.
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American naturalist and author of Walden, who wrote on simplicity, nature, and living deliberately.
This line is among the quotes by Henry David Thoreau that readers return to on gratitude — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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