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

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

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...

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...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

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...

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction...

There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction...

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good I...

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good I...