I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We may waive just so much care of ourselves as we honestly bestow elsewhere.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

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

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

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

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

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

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

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.

That government is best which governs least.

That government is best which governs least.

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

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...

Finding greatness within yourself is what can set you apart from many...

Finding greatness within yourself is what can set you apart from many...

I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.

I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.

Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark.

Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark.