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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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.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

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

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

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...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts,...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts,...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

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!

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...

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all...

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.