If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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The perception of beauty is a moral test.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

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...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

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

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

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

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...

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

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.

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being...

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being...

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,...

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...