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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Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

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...

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Live the life you've dreamed.

Live the life you've dreamed.

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...

There is no remedy for love but to love more

There is no remedy for love but to love more

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your...

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your...

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...

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.

What is once well done is done forever.

What is once well done is done forever.

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

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...

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...

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...

Faith never makes a confession.

Faith never makes a confession.