The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Desperation Quotes, Life Lesson Quotes

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

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

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

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...

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

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...

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are...

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are...

I believe that in the end truth will conquer

I believe that in the end truth will conquer