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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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.

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...

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...

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

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.

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

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...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience...

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience...

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might...

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might...

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

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

They take their pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in...

They take their pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in...

A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as...

A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as...

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom