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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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

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

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the...

In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the...

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...

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

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

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

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

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,...

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

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

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

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...

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

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

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both...

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both...