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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Be not simply good - be good for something.

Be not simply good - be good for something.

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

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

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance,...

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance,...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

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...

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

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,...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts,...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts,...

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...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

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

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

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

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

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

From the dark end of the street -- To the bright side of the road...

From the dark end of the street -- To the bright side of the road...

A friend is someone who dances with you in the sunlight, And walks with you...

A friend is someone who dances with you in the sunlight, And walks with you...