It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are... than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

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...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor...

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor...

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

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.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

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.

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

What is once well done is done forever.

What is once well done is done forever.

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

It is better to travel alone than with a bad companion

It is better to travel alone than with a bad companion

Solitude is bearable only with God

Solitude is bearable only with God