Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

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...

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

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...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.