I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Heroism Quotes

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff...

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff...