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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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

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....

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This...

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

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

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

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

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...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

Live the life you've dreamed.

Live the life you've dreamed.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad

Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad

My son does not appreciate classical musicians such as the Stones; he is more into...

My son does not appreciate classical musicians such as the Stones; he is more into...