Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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,...

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

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...

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

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

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in...

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in...

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

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.

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...