How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living?

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even...

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even...

Faith never makes a confession.

Faith never makes a confession.

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

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

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

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Driving a fire truck is always a thrill. Is it better than sex? No!

Driving a fire truck is always a thrill. Is it better than sex? No!

Fire is never a gentle master

Fire is never a gentle master