Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer...

They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer...

When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.

When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

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.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.

The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.

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...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience...

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.