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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Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when...

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when...

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

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...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

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...

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man.

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,...

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He...

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He...

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists...

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists...