Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
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
All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every second.
All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every second.
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.
All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy.
All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy.
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation . . . . 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 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.
Men have become tools of their tools.
Men have become tools of their tools.
I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a wearer of new clothes.
I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a wearer of new clothes.
It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.
It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.
