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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

There is no remedy for love but to love more

There is no remedy for love but to love more

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

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...

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...

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...

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...

When I slept, armies of footnotes marched across my dreams in close-order drill.

When I slept, armies of footnotes marched across my dreams in close-order drill.

Dream without limits. Think without limits.

Dream without limits. Think without limits.