Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIf 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.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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If you want to be happy, be!
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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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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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What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
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