What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.

The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

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

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

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest...

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest...

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the...

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the...

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

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....

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...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable...

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable...

There's no turning back...We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of...

There's no turning back...We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of...

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as...

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as...

He was handed over to die because of our sins, and he was raised to...

He was handed over to die because of our sins, and he was raised to...