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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Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

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...

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

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.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

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...

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

If you have built castles in the air; your work need not be lost; that...

If you have built castles in the air; your work need not be lost; that...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that...

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that...

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

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...

It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are......

It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are......

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.