An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

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...

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as...

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as...

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

Philosophy is concerned with the undermining and questioning of dogmas, whereas religion is all about...

Philosophy is concerned with the undermining and questioning of dogmas, whereas religion is all about...

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man's guide in the...

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man's guide in the...

No true Witches today practice human sacrafice, torture, or any form of ritual murder. Anyone...

No true Witches today practice human sacrafice, torture, or any form of ritual murder. Anyone...

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.