Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Philosophy Quotes, Poetry Quotes

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...

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,...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

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

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

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic