We are constantly invited to be who we are.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

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...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

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...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance,...

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance,...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

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...

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...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.