Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

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...

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...

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

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...

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

Faith never makes a confession.

Faith never makes a confession.

Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul is...

Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul is...

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

Museums are the cemeteries of the arts

Museums are the cemeteries of the arts