While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

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...

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

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

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

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...

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth

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

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

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

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...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

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?...

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn...

Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn...

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.