May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

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

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

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

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...

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

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

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

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

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

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

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...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

There is a force that drives everything in this universe; you may call it anything...

There is a force that drives everything in this universe; you may call it anything...

As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or...

As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or...

Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit, and never let them take you alive.

Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit, and never let them take you alive.

In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable,...

In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable,...

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.