The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Happiness Quotes

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

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

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

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

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...

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

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...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the...

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the...

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They...

Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They...

The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates,...

The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates,...

Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.

Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.