It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer...

They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer...

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.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

If you have built castles in the air; your work need not be lost; that...

If you have built castles in the air; your work need not be lost; that...

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

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...

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy,...

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy,...

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...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

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,...

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

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

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

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

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.