"I have received no more than one..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.
More by Henry David Thoreau
“No domain of nature is quite closed to man at all times.”
“The other side of the globe is but the home of our correspondent. Our voyaging is only great-circle sailing.”
“Don't spend your time in drilling soldiers, who may turn out hirelings after all, but give to undrilled peasantry a country to fight for.”
More on Communication
“As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.”
“Steady labor with the hands, which engrosses the attention also, is unquestionably the best method of removing palaver and sentimentality out of one's style, both of speaking and writing.”
“A scatterbrain is one who never has an unspoken thought.”
More on Value
“(While accepting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award) I've been thinking about why you have to get famous to get an award for helping other people...If your name is John Doe, and you work night and day doing things for your helpless neighbors, what you get for your effort is tired. So, Mr. and Mrs. Doe, and all of you who give of yourselves, to those who carry too big a burden to make it on their own, I want you to reach out and take your share of this...Because if I have earned it, so too have you.”
“I could give all to Time except--exceptWhat I myself have held.”
“I've learned through writing that if something made me feel deeply or anything at all, it was worth it.”