I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Men have become the tools of their tools.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

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...

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

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

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

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

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...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

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.

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not...

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not...

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.