The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so far behind the speaker's lips that almost it already lay in my heart. It did not have far to go to be communicated.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Kindness Quotes

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

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!

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance,...

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance,...

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty...

The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty...

I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is...

I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is...