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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

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...

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined!

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined!

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep...

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep...

The heart is forever inexperienced.

The heart is forever inexperienced.

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some...

Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some...

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.