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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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest...

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest...

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.

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

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

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the...

There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the...

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.