The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are...

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

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.

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

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...

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that...

Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that...

Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the...

Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the...