As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

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...

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality.

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality.

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...

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

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

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

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....

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...

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...

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

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

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.

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

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...

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

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.

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

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

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

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...