Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

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...

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

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...

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...

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...

Every child begins the world again.

Every child begins the world again.

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

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...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...