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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

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...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

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

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

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

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

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

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even...

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy... is to set our...

To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy... is to set our...