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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Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

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...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined!

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined!

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

That government is best which governs least.

That government is best which governs least.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

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

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

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to...

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to...

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they...

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they...

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...

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.