We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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!

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

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

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

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

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.

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.

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

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

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path....This is what I...

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path....This is what I...

Following all the rules leaves a completed checklist. Following your heart achieves a completed you.

Following all the rules leaves a completed checklist. Following your heart achieves a completed you.