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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Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

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...

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...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

Every child begins the world again.

Every child begins the world again.

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 never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches...

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

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 cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the...

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the...

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system,...

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system,...