Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

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.

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Live the life you've dreamed.

Live the life you've dreamed.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

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

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

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

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

Political speeches are like steer horns. A point here, a point there, and a lot...

Political speeches are like steer horns. A point here, a point there, and a lot...

Commercial speech is like obscenity... we can't seem to define it, but we know it...

Commercial speech is like obscenity... we can't seem to define it, but we know it...

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.