Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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As if there were safety in stupidity alone

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

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...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

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...

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

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.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

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.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

When a man is in love or in debt, someone else has the advantage

When a man is in love or in debt, someone else has the advantage

We look at each other wondering what the other is thinking but we never say...

We look at each other wondering what the other is thinking but we never say...