I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the truth.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Opportunity Quotes, Relationships Quotes, Truth Quotes

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

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...

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...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

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

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

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...

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

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.

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

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

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both...

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both...

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor...

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor...