We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Adventure Quotes

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

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...

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches...

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches...

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

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...

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

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...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.