Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political parties are its opposite halves - sometimes split into quarters - which grind on each other. Not only individuals but states have thus a confirmed…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

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...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I...

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I...

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

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.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

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.

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

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

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

Most books today seem to have been written overnight from books read that day.

Most books today seem to have been written overnight from books read that day.

A book whose sale's forbidden all men rush to see, and prohibition turns one reader...

A book whose sale's forbidden all men rush to see, and prohibition turns one reader...