What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being...

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

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...

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

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...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.