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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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

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

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

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.

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...

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being...

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being...

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they...

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they...

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

Inside of every problem lies an opportunity.

Inside of every problem lies an opportunity.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully...

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully...

I've always been very bonded to animals - more so than most people. (laughs) I...

I've always been very bonded to animals - more so than most people. (laughs) I...