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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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...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

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...

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...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

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

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

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance,...

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance,...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

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...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.