I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

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...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

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...

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.

The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

I always feel sorry for people who think more about a rainy day ahead than...

I always feel sorry for people who think more about a rainy day ahead than...

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...