It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This...

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This...

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...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

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..

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...

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...

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all...

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame