“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”
Life“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”
Motivational“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”
Life“Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.”
Truth“God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us.”
God“I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now.”
Best“If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.”
Government“The law will never make a man free it is men who have got to make the law free.”
Men“I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.”
Death“Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.”
Faith“There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold.”
Life“Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape!”
Beauty“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.”
Life“Be not simply good - be good for something.”
Good“Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.”
Best“Men are born to succeed, not to fail.”
Men“No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.”
Alone“The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.”
Morning“Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.”
Experience“If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.”
Men“The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.”
Best“A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.”
Friendship