Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: God Quotes

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

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

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

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

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...

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

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

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...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

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.

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...

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...

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...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

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...

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.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

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...