Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I...

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I...

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

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...

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

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...

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and Spring. If there is no response...

Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and Spring. If there is no response...

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and...

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and...

Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn -...

Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn -...