We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUHow vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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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 he hears, however measured or far away.
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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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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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Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
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I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
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Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
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If you want to be happy, be!
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What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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