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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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...

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

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...

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

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

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

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

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.

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...

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...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

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.

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

It remains to consider what attitude thoughtful men and Christian believers should take respecting them,...

It remains to consider what attitude thoughtful men and Christian believers should take respecting them,...

Without God, you can do nothing. With God there is nothing you cannot do.

Without God, you can do nothing. With God there is nothing you cannot do.

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision,...

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision,...