Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.
Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.
If you give money, spend yourself with it.
If you give money, spend yourself with it.
You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; read more
You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin, and even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation ... A stereotyped but read more
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation ... A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.
The highest law gives a thing to him who can use it.
The highest law gives a thing to him who can use it.
Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.
Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
What right have I to grieve, who have not ceased to wonder?
What right have I to grieve, who have not ceased to wonder?
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
Men have become tools of their tools.
Men have become tools of their tools.
