The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Desperation Quotes, Life Lesson Quotes

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

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...

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you...

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you...

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

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

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

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

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...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might...

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might...

Faith never makes a confession.

Faith never makes a confession.

The heart is forever inexperienced.

The heart is forever inexperienced.

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...