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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.
We know what the animals do, what are the needs of the beaver, the bear, the salmon, and other creatures, because long ago men married them and acquired this knowledge from their animal wives. Today the priests say we lie, but we know better.
If I've got correct goals, and if I keep pursuing them the best way I know how, everything else falls into line. If I do the right thing right, I'm going to succeed.
We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.
The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.
Most maxim-mongers have preferred the prettiness to the justness of a thought, and the turn to the truth; but I have refused myself to everything that my own experience did not justify and confirm.
Reflectors need to be placed on trees every 50 feet so people can hike at night with flashlights.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
We were poor when I was young, but the difference then was the government didn't come around telling you you were poor.
A path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you. Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself alone, one question. Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't it is of no use.
