How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book! The book exists for us, perchance, that will explain our miracles and reveal new ones. The at present unutterable things we may…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

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...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

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

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

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...

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the...

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the...

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

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

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we...

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we...