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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Truth Quotes

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

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

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

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

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

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

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

Things do not change; we change.

Things do not change; we change.

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as...

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as...

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

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...

The crisis in black America is threefold...economic...political...and spiritual.

The crisis in black America is threefold...economic...political...and spiritual.

Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality.

Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality.