To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

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

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

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

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...

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

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...

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God...

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God...

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

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

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

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,...

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

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that...

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that...

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....