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on Tuesday, July 10, 2018Henry David Thoreau Money Quote saying more than any of many desirable things, he prefers the truth above all other things. Henry David Thoreau said:
“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth” — Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau: Spend Christmas Well
on Friday, December 25, 2015Henry David Thoreau Money Quotation saying what you do for Christmas matters more than the total spent on gifts. Henry David Thoreau said:
The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much
— Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau: Price = Life Spent
on Saturday, November 21, 2015Henry David Thoreau Money Quotation saying we must measure how much of our lives is devoted to paying for our possessions. Henry David Thoreau said:
The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run
— Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau: Afford to Let Alone
on Monday, October 19, 2015Henry David Thoreau Money Quotation saying riches are a matter of perception measuring the value of those things you don’t need. Henry David Thoreau said:
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone
— Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau: Superfluous Wealth
on Thursday, August 20, 2015Henry David Thoreau Money Quotation saying we should be happy with whatever we have and don’t need more belongings to contribute to unnecessary wealth that fail to feed our soul. Henry David Thoreau said:
Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul
— Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau on Financial Idleness
on Friday, October 31, 2014Henry David Thoreau Money Quotation saying that making money the reason behind any activity is a true waste of time. Henry David Thoreau said:
To have done anything just for money is to
have been truly idle
— Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau on Hire for Love
on Monday, February 3, 2014Henry David Thoreau Money Quotation saying he who has a love of his work will make the best employee, so employ one who loves his business task. Henry David Thoreau said:
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it
— Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau: Universal Bankruptcy
on Saturday, December 1, 2012Henry David Thoreau Money Quotation saying we as a species are greater as a whole than divided into our parts as our faults become glaring when viewed at the individual level – but seem minor when part of a larger whole. Henry David Thoreau said:
The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals
— Henry David Thoreau