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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

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...

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

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...

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...

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 quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.