There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

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...

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

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...

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

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

Live the life you've dreamed

Live the life you've dreamed

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 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...

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

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

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...

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

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.

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...

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

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.

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...