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

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

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...

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,...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality.

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality.

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...

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

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.

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.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

Law never made men a whit more just.

Law never made men a whit more just.

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

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...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

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...