Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

There is no remedy for love but to love more

There is no remedy for love but to love more

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

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...

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

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

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

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

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...

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.

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they...

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...