Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Live the life you've dreamed

Live the life you've dreamed

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

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

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

Things do not change; we change.

Things do not change; we change.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

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...

What is once well done is done forever.

What is once well done is done forever.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Law never made men a whit more just.

Law never made men a whit more just.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than...

There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than...

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it...

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it...