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

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy,...

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy,...

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

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.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

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

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

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

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...

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.