An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

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

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

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...

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

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...

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that...

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that...

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

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.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

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...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time