Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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.

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...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

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...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

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

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

There is no remedy for love but to love more

There is no remedy for love but to love more

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

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.

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God...

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God...

He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in...

He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...