It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you...

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you...

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God...

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

Every child begins the world again.

Every child begins the world again.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

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...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

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 walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

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...

Live the life you've dreamed

Live the life you've dreamed

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...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

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...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is...

The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is...

The goal of all life is death.

The goal of all life is death.