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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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.

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep...

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

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...

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...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

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.

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

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

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

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when...

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when...

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...