A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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 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...

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and...

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

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...

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...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

Be not simply good - be good for something.

Be not simply good - be good for something.

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...