Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Thought Quotes

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...

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

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...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts,...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts,...

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

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 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...

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

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

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.