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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

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.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both...

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both...

Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it...

Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it...

We hate the kindness which we understand.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

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...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

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

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

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

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

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

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

It wasn't a matter of courage or dreams, but something a whole lot simpler. A...

It wasn't a matter of courage or dreams, but something a whole lot simpler. A...

What makes the difference between wishing and realizing our wishes? Lots of things, and it...

What makes the difference between wishing and realizing our wishes? Lots of things, and it...