A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

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

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

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

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.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

There is no remedy for love but to love more

There is no remedy for love but to love more

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

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...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

I think one way the cops could make money would be to hold a murder...

I think one way the cops could make money would be to hold a murder...

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.