Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

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

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

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

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...

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...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

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.

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...

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

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...

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many...

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many...

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with...

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with...