Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

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

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

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in...

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in...

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

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...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

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...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is...

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is...

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...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined!

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined!

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

There are subjects in which I wish to become knowledgeable, and subjects in which I...

There are subjects in which I wish to become knowledgeable, and subjects in which I...

Wisdom is a life that knows it is living

Wisdom is a life that knows it is living