Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction
This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction
The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.
The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.
Any man more right than his neighbors, constitutes a majority of one.
Any man more right than his neighbors, constitutes a majority of one.
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all
Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion--what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, read more
Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion--what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates his fate.
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest read more
If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.
The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task read more
The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.
Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.
Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.
If misery loves company, misery has company enough.
If misery loves company, misery has company enough.
