Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, read more
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.
Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.
We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that read more
We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have not.
I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true read more
I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.
However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It read more
However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are the richest.
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
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.
