Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Ambrose Bierce on VOTE
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Henry David Thoreau
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Henry David Thoreau on Friends
The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?
Henry David Thoreau on Life
This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.
That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
Henry David Thoreau on Seeing and Words
The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
The eye is the jewel of the body.
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
The eye is the jewel of the body.
Henry David Thoreau on Dreams and Imaginations
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined.
This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined.
This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau on Regrets
Make the most of your regrets;
never smother your sorrow,
but tend and cherish it
till it comes to have a separate and integral interest.
To regret deeply is to live afresh.
never smother your sorrow,
but tend and cherish it
till it comes to have a separate and integral interest.
To regret deeply is to live afresh.
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