I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

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

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

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.

The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the...

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

Boys are just like bubble gum: Sweet in the beginning but dull at the end.

Boys are just like bubble gum: Sweet in the beginning but dull at the end.

What we learned here is love tastes bitter when its gone.

What we learned here is love tastes bitter when its gone.

It is very pious to say and prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can...

It is very pious to say and prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can...