Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the other.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Life Quotes, Wise Quotes

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

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

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

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...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

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...

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

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

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

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...

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...

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.