It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

What is once well done is done forever.

What is once well done is done forever.

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

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 by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places...

In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places...

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...

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your...

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your...

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.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in...

Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in...

Seek simplicity but distrust it

Seek simplicity but distrust it