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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

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...

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

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...

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

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

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...

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

We hate the kindness which we understand.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may...

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different...

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different...

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers suffering or dying in connection with unwanted...

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers suffering or dying in connection with unwanted...