I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

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...

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...

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

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,...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God...

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past...

As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

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.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...