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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If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

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...

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

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...

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.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that...

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that...

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

To hell with them. When history is written they will be the sons of bitches...

To hell with them. When history is written they will be the sons of bitches...