Good for the body is the work of the body, 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: Work Quotes

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

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

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..

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

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...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

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,...

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.

My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.

I want to try making things right because picking up the pieces is way better...

I want to try making things right because picking up the pieces is way better...