As if there were safety in stupidity alone

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Stupidity Quotes

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...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

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

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

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

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.

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...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

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...

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

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...

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality

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...

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

I believe that sex is the most beautiful, natural, and wholesome thing that money can...

I believe that sex is the most beautiful, natural, and wholesome thing that money can...

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a...

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a...