More from Henry David Thoreau

  1. There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root, and it may be that he who bestows the largest amou…
  2. A living dog is better than a dead lion. Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies, and not be the biggest …
  3. The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
  4. ...men remain in their present low and primitive condition; but if they should feel the influence of the spring of springs arousing them, t…
  5. The eye may see for the hand, but not for the mind.
  6. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
  7. It is so rare to meet with a man out-doors who cherishes a worthy thought in his mind, which is independent of the labor of his hands.
  8. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.

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