Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

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...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I...

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

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...

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

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...

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

The veil of confusion gently falls away, Like the dank mist on a dull autumn...

The veil of confusion gently falls away, Like the dank mist on a dull autumn...

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan,...

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan,...