The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained when he was poor

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

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...

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

I'm still running against the wind Well I'm older now and still Against the wind

I'm still running against the wind Well I'm older now and still Against the wind

Don't overwrite description in a story - you haven't got time

Don't overwrite description in a story - you haven't got time