I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with, and do the bidding of, those far away, and without whom the latter would be harmless.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Fighting Quotes

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, 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.

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

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...

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the...

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the...

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

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,...