Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

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

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

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God...

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

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

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

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the...

In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the...

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...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath...

And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath...

I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.

I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.