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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What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to...

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to...

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the...

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the...

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

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

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This...

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This...

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...

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

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...

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

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

Law never made men a whit more just.

Law never made men a whit more just.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

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.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

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.

To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to...

To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

Your mind, while blessed with permanent memory, is cursed with lousy recall. Written goals provide...

Your mind, while blessed with permanent memory, is cursed with lousy recall. Written goals provide...

Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.

Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.

If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I...

If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I...