Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors a vacuum and they have not discovered any continuous employment for man's nobler faculties

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Business Quotes, Living Quotes

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,...

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

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...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

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 misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and...

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and...

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

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

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

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...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open.

We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open.

We'll critise your government.

We'll critise your government.