If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

We hate the kindness which we understand.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

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...

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for...

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for...

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...