Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

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...

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

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

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

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,...

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...

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

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...

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....

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...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

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

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

Truth cannot afford to be tolerant where it faces positive evil.

Truth cannot afford to be tolerant where it faces positive evil.

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.