I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

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..

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are...

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are...

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

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

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your...

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your...

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and...

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and...

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.

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

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

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

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This...

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This...

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce...

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce...