If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

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...

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

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,...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

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...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

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

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

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

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.

In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places...

In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places...

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

The adult looks to deed, the child to love

The adult looks to deed, the child to love

Children really brighten up a household - they never turn the lights off.

Children really brighten up a household - they never turn the lights off.

In love, as in everything else, experience is a physician who never comes until after...

In love, as in everything else, experience is a physician who never comes until after...

Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss...

Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss...

The artist does not tinker with the universe, he recreates it out of his own...

The artist does not tinker with the universe, he recreates it out of his own...

Nothing is so sexy in a man as talent.

Nothing is so sexy in a man as talent.

No company is preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices...

No company is preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices...

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our...

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our...