Henry David Thoreau Quotes

‎There's no way to cheat a sensualist like me, somebody who can die laughing for hours over the pattern of the carpet in a hotel lobby.

Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.

Simply enjoy life and the great pleasures that come with it.

I'm talking about enjoying and finding pleasure and interest and happiness and curiosity every moment.

I want to derive pleasure from this planet and put pleasure back into it.

Loafe with me on the grass—loose the stop from your throat; Not words, not music or rhyme I want—not custom or lecture, not even the best; Only the lull I like, the hum of your valved voice.

Hold out your hands to feel the luxury of the sunbeams.

She had known happiness, exquisite happiness, intense happiness, and it silvered the rough waves a little more brightly, as daylight faded, and the blue went out of the sea and it rolled in waves of pure lemon which curved and swelled and broke upon the beach and the ecstasy burst in her eyes and waves of pure delight raced over the floor of her mind and she felt, It is enough! It is enough!

The delights of sight and hearing and touch will bear thy delight.

An oil massage, a hot bath, a good night's sleep, soft smells and music and clothes with soft textures denote sensuality to me.

I was enamored with him. And I was excited. And I was enjoying it.

Life is all about having a good time.

I just want to have fun.

There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

I love the feeling of the fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair.

I just like having fun.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

Oh, my God, this amazing cool breeze is coming through my window and the sun is shining. I'm happy.

What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?

Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.

I love to sit on a mountain top and gaze. I don't think of anything but the people I care about and the view.

How delicious is pleasure after torment!

How sweet it is!