Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

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.

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.

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

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...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

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...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your...

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own...

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own...

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad,...

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad,...