Goodness
"Goodness is the only investment that never fails."
-Henry David Thoreau
This quote means that when you are a good person in general, it's something that can never fail. What he is trying to say is that your personality towards people is what no one can take from you. By being good, not only to specific people but to everyone that truly need it then you are investing in your goodness. An example would be like when you are out in the street and you see someone that is homeless, you would want to go give them your help just to make them feel better. But you think about it and maybe have doubts but that doesn’t matter. You are investing your good heart towards someone and it would make them feel better and so your investment doesn’t go to waste. By not letting it fail makes you and the other person feel better and have a smile on their face.
-Henry David Thoreau
This quote means that when you are a good person in general, it's something that can never fail. What he is trying to say is that your personality towards people is what no one can take from you. By being good, not only to specific people but to everyone that truly need it then you are investing in your goodness. An example would be like when you are out in the street and you see someone that is homeless, you would want to go give them your help just to make them feel better. But you think about it and maybe have doubts but that doesn’t matter. You are investing your good heart towards someone and it would make them feel better and so your investment doesn’t go to waste. By not letting it fail makes you and the other person feel better and have a smile on their face.