Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

They take their pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in...

They take their pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in...

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

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...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

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

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

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.

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

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 world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

Remember, if youre headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns!

Remember, if youre headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns!