Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUEvery morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.
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As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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Write while the heat is in you.
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I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it’s gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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