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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Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not...

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not...

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Live the life you've dreamed.

Live the life you've dreamed.

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...

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must...

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become...

Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become...

While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening...

While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening...

We all need the freedom to die noble in a life that has been unworthy...

We all need the freedom to die noble in a life that has been unworthy...