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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

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

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

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality.

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

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...

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might...

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might...

Live the life you've dreamed

Live the life you've dreamed

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

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

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

Think with your whole body

Think with your whole body

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to...

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to...