Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?
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
Men have become tools of their tools.
Men have become tools of their tools.
This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction
This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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.
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. read more
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.
Any man more right than his neighbors, constitutes a majority of one.
Any man more right than his neighbors, constitutes a majority of one.
He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.
He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.
