Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for read more
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living read more
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.
To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put read more
Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the read more
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.
The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.
The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.
Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.
Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.
