Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

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.

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...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

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

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

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

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 no just and serene criticism as yet.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even...

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even...

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

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...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

The truth shall set you free.

The truth shall set you free.

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.

Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.