Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

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...

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...

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

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...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

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

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

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

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.

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..

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

I've never been drunk, but often I've been overserved.

I've never been drunk, but often I've been overserved.

For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain;...

For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain;...