An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

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.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

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...

Write out of love, write out of instinct, write out of reason. But always for...

Write out of love, write out of instinct, write out of reason. But always for...

I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.