The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noiseless when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient when least effective.
Henry David Thoreau
Profession: Author
Nationality: American
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Men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men.
The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich.
Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows.
Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself.
It's too late to be studying Hebrew; it's more important to understand even the slang of today.
We commonly do not remember that it is … always the first person that is speaking.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
Throw one arch at least over the darker gulf of ignorance which surrounds us.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined.