Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape!

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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

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

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.

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...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

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.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate...

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

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...