Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

I bought my wife a new car. She called and said, 'There's water in the...

I bought my wife a new car. She called and said, 'There's water in the...