He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Past Quotes

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

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...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

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.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

Live the life you've dreamed

Live the life you've dreamed

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

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...

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...

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

May we gain the time needed to succeed

May we gain the time needed to succeed