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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

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.

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past...

As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past...

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...

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

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...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

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...

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

With regard to future bliss, I cannot help imagining that multitudes of the zealously orthodox...

With regard to future bliss, I cannot help imagining that multitudes of the zealously orthodox...

I missed you...and at the same time I was happy. Isn't that a queer thing?

I missed you...and at the same time I was happy. Isn't that a queer thing?