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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Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

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...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

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...

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to...

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Every child begins the world again.

Every child begins the world again.

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.

Unless you're willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won't...

Unless you're willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won't...

But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.

But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.