Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science.
Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
It is only when we forget out learning that we begin to know.
It is only when we forget out learning that we begin to know.
Even the best things are not equal to their fame.
Even the best things are not equal to their fame.
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my read more
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. -Henry David Thoreau.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply read more
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.
That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another's. We see so much only as we possess.
That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another's. We see so much only as we possess.
