The universe is wider than our views of it.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

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...

The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a...

The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

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...

There is no remedy for love but to love more

There is no remedy for love but to love more

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,...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

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 what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?