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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Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

They take their pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in...

They take their pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God...

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God...

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are...

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are...