If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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

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

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

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

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish 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.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

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,...

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...

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

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...

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...

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.