To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

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...

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

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

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

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...

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

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...

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...