Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Distrust Quotes, Trust Quotes

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

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...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

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...

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

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.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

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...

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...

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

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...

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...

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...