Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.
Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.
Direction is more important than speed. We are so busy looking at our speedometers that we forget the milestone.
Direction is more important than speed. We are so busy looking at our speedometers that we forget the milestone.
The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the law free.
The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the law free.
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.
Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.
Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.
If words were invented to conceal thought, newspapers are a great improvement of a bad invention.
If words were invented to conceal thought, newspapers are a great improvement of a bad invention.
