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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There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

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

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

Things do not change; we change.

Things do not change; we change.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

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...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear...

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear...

Well any man with a microphone can tell you what he loves the most and...

Well any man with a microphone can tell you what he loves the most and...

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships