Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

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

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

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

Law never made men a whit more just.

Law never made men a whit more just.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

The principles are clear and explicit. The free market is fine for the third world...

The principles are clear and explicit. The free market is fine for the third world...

Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me...

Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me...

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to...

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to...

I have always dressed according to certain Basic Guy Fashion Rules,including:* Both of your socks...

I have always dressed according to certain Basic Guy Fashion Rules,including:* Both of your socks...