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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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate...

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

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 affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

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

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

We hate the kindness which we understand.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

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

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

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by...

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by...