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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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

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...

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...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I...

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.