How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for though the world is so old - and so many books have been written - each object appears wholly undescribed to our experience - each…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it...

Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it...

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...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

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.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

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...

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

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...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

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.

An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

Never promise more than you can perform.

Never promise more than you can perform.

When I sound the fairy call, gather here in silent meeiing, Chin to knee on...

When I sound the fairy call, gather here in silent meeiing, Chin to knee on...

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept...

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept...