It is never too late to give up your prejudices. Walden
Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such
desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions,
perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Walden
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. Walden
Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find
a trout in the milk.
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life
are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the
elevation of mankind. Walden
Things do not change; we change. Journal
In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious
to improve the nick of time, and notch it on my stick too; to
stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and the future,
which is precisely the present moment; to toe that line.
We do not enjoy poetry unless we know it to be poetry.
Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
So behave that the odor of your actions may enhance the general
sweetness of the atmosphere, that when we behold or scent a flower,
we may not be reminded how inconsistent your deeds are with it;
for all odor is but one form of advertisement of a moral quality,
and if fair actions had not been performed, the lily would not
smell sweet. The foul slime stands for the sloth and vice of man,
the decay of humanity; the fragrant flower that springs from it,
for the purity and courage which are immortal.
For more than five years I maintained myself thus solely by the
labour of my hands, and I found, that by working about six weeks
in a year, I could meet all the expenses of living.
On tops of mountains, as everywhere to hopeful souls, it is always
morning.
All this worldly wisdom was once the amiable heresy of some wise
man. Journal
I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which
governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more
rapidly and systematically. Civil Disobedience
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place
for a just man is also a prison. Civil Disobedience
Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not
fish they are after.
True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend
on darkness and ignorance.
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read
them at all.
As for Doing-good, that is one of the professions which are full.
I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship,
three for society.
Wherever a man goes, men will pursue him and paw him with their
dirty institutions, and, if they can, constrain him to belong
to their desperate oddfellow society.
It is not worthwhile to go around the world to count the cats
in Zanzibar.
Quotes from others:
May those who love us, love us. And those that don't love us, may god turn their hearts; And if he doesn't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping. ~Ancient Gaelic Blessing
Darian, there's a flock of deer out there! ~ Mark
I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you ~ Firefly
The only people who will tell you that you can't make it, are
those who have failed. ~"Chris Jericho"
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I p0rn-surfed, weak
and weary,
Over many a strange and spurious p0rn-site of "hot XXX galore",
While I clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning,
And my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour,
"Tis not possible," I muttered, "give me back my
free hardcore!"
Quote the server, "404."
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I p0rn-surfed, weak and weary,
For many a quaint and curious website of X-rated lore,
Found the server nearly napping, http replies a-slacking,
Though my loins were filled with burning, yearning for a teenage
whore,
And as I paused awhile in hope that service be restored -
Quoth the server, "404." ~Anon
The frenchman is going to turn into a ^@&^$^ warewolf ~ Anon
Do not mess in the affairs of dragons. For you are crunchy, and
taste good with ketchup.
