It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Morality Quotes

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

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

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,...

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance,...

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance,...

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts,...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts,...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

Live the life you've dreamed.

Live the life you've dreamed.

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

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...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.

When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

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...

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

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