There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.
As we lay huddled together under the tent, which leaked considerably about the sides, with our baggage at our feet, we listened to some of the grandest thunder which I ever heard, -rapid peals, round and plump, bang, bang, bang in succession, like artillery from some fortress in the sky; and the lightning was proportionally brilliant. The Indian said, 'It must be good powder.' All for the benefit of the moose and us, echoing far over the concealed lakes.
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
Art is a jealous mistress.
There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.
To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.
The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception.
The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.
To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.
Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.
Even as empiricism is winning the mind, transcendentalism continues to win the heart.
There are always two parties; the establishment and the movement.
The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.
The essence of all religions is One. Surrender is the main duty of everyone. Surrender means the feeling of oneness, I and God are One. Why? The reason is that the One who is present in you is present in me.
God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?
The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.
As for Doing-good, that is one of the professions which are full.
I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary.
As to the mental essence, we find it in infants devoid of every mental form.
People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
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