Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.

When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.

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.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

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.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

A fishing pole is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool...

A fishing pole is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool...

Millions of Americans each year use our national forests to go hiking, fishing, hunting, camping,...

Millions of Americans each year use our national forests to go hiking, fishing, hunting, camping,...

Time is the measure of business.

Time is the measure of business.