Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even...

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even...

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Things do not change; we change.

Things do not change; we change.

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that...

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...

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...