The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

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...

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to...

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to...