As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of...

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of...

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.

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...

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you...

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are......

It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are......

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the...

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the...

The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there...

The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there...

Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at...

Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at...