Things do not change; we change.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

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...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

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,...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

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...

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...

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.