In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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There is no remedy for love but to love more

There is no remedy for love but to love more

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.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

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...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

Things do not change; we change.

Things do not change; we change.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

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 law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

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...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?