Be not simply good - be good for something.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

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

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

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...

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.