It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a...

The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a...

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Fame is but the breath of the people, and that often unwholesome

Fame is but the breath of the people, and that often unwholesome

And wouldnt change by the change, or the game, or the fame, when he came,...

And wouldnt change by the change, or the game, or the fame, when he came,...