The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

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...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Faith never makes a confession.

Faith never makes a confession.

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

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

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

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

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...

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must...

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must...

Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price...

Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price...