A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer...

They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer...

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the...

In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the...

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a...

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a...

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.