As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

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.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

Things do not change; we change.

Things do not change; we change.

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...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

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...

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

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...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain; rain itself is...

Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain; rain itself is...

Just like your body and lifestyle can be healthy or unhealthy, the same is true...

Just like your body and lifestyle can be healthy or unhealthy, the same is true...