In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

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...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

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...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

Money is the best bait to fish for man with

Money is the best bait to fish for man with