Faith never makes a confession.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

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...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you...

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you...

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

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...

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

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

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

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...

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

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

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn -...

Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn -...

Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact....

Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact....