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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that...

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may...

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

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.

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...

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...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

What is once well done is done forever.

What is once well done is done forever.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

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.

He who goes to bed hungry dreams of pancakes.

He who goes to bed hungry dreams of pancakes.

When I consider this carefully, I find not a single property which with certainty separates...

When I consider this carefully, I find not a single property which with certainty separates...