Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Mankind Quotes, Poetry Quotes

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

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...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

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...

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

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...

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This...

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This...

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...

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..

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

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...

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

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.

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool...

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool...

The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates.

The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates.

There are moments, you reach moments, when all of a sudden time stops and becomes...

There are moments, you reach moments, when all of a sudden time stops and becomes...