If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated? Henry David Thoreau More Quotes by Henry David Thoreau More Quotes From Henry David Thoreau If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things. Henry David Thoreau achievementdonewriting Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Henry David Thoreau readingwisebook Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe. Henry David Thoreau doubtpaybelieve It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes. Henry David Thoreau fogclothesmen Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside. Henry David Thoreau readingliteraturebook It is desirable that a man be clad so simply that he can lay his hands on himself in the dark, and that he live in all respects so compactly and preparedly, that, if an enemy take the town, he can, like the old philosopher, walk out the gate empty-handed without anxiety. Henry David Thoreau anxietymenenemy Remember that the smallest seed of faith is of more worth than the largest fruit of happiness. Henry David Thoreau faithdepressionhappiness Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years. Henry David Thoreau printingcenturyyears Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. Henry David Thoreau eternityfishingtime I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself. Henry David Thoreau starsmoonlife Comparatively, tattooing is not the hideous custom which it is called. It is not barbarous merely because the printing is skin-deep and unalterable. Henry David Thoreau skin-deepprintingskins All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune. Henry David Thoreau smartyogainspirational The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much. Henry David Thoreau christmasimportantway We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character. Henry David Thoreau homeadventuretravel I come to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home. I thus dispose of the superfluous and see things as they are, grand and beautiful. Henry David Thoreau homebeautifulhappiness Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind. Henry David Thoreau charityappreciatedlife The pleasure we feel in music springs from the obedience which is in it. Henry David Thoreau pleasuremusicspring My life has been the poem I would have writ, Henry David Thoreau has-beenspoetry Between whom there is hearty truth there is love. Henry David Thoreau inspirationallovephilosophy When were the good and the brave ever in a majority? Henry David Thoreau volunteercommunitybrave
