Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you...

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

There is no remedy for love but to love more

There is no remedy for love but to love more

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

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...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

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...

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

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

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

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...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Faith never makes a confession.

Faith never makes a confession.

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass-you don't see it, but...

Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass-you don't see it, but...

Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism...

Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism...