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

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

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...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul is...

Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul is...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must...

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might...

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might...

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...

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...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.