Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our best at each level of experience.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Experience Quotes, Life Quotes

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

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...

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

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...

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

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

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the...

In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the...

We hate the kindness which we understand.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

No other profession is subject to the public contempt and derision that sometimes befalls lawyers....

No other profession is subject to the public contempt and derision that sometimes befalls lawyers....

There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too...

There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too...