It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and...

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and...

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...

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a...

The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

You are not the child of the people you call mother and father, but their...

You are not the child of the people you call mother and father, but their...

The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and...

The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and...

If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent...

If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent...

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off...

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off...

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make...

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make...

When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a...

When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a...

Relationships are so much like the United States - they only really thrive when faced...

Relationships are so much like the United States - they only really thrive when faced...

Dont sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much theres nothing else you...

Dont sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much theres nothing else you...