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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Fame Quotes

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...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places...

In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places...

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

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...

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

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

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

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...

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.