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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Truth Quotes

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...

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it...

Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

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

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

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

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...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

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...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts,...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts,...

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

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...

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...

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.