Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.

The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

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.

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in...

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts,...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts,...

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...

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...