There will never be a really free and enlightened state until the state comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived.
Henry David ThoreauRead not the Times, read the Eternities.
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Some are 'industrious' and appear to love labor for its own sake, or perhaps because it keeps them out of worse mischief; to such I have at present nothing to say.
Henry David ThoreauIt is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
Henry David ThoreauWhile civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.
Henry David ThoreauThe life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others?
Henry David ThoreauTo be right is more honorable than to be law abiding.
Henry David ThoreauIt is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
Henry David ThoreauTags: life inspirational self-acceptance
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
Henry David ThoreauThe finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with their liberal allowance of time.
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