To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

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.

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality.

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the...

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

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,...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you...

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

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

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

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!