"The success of great scholars and thinkers..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
The success of great scholars and thinkers is commonly a courtier-like success, not kingly, not manly. They make shift to live merely by conformity, practically as their fathers did, and are in no sense the progenitors of a nobler race of men.
More by Henry David Thoreau
“The indescribable innocence of and beneficence of Nature,-of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter,-such health, such cheer, they afford forever!”
“You may tell by looking at any twig of the forest, ay, at your very wood-pile, whether its winter is past or not.”
“Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?”
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“Our attitude is the primary force that will determine whether we succeed or fail.”
“If you have a success, you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.”
“The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.”