Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
HENRY DAVID THOREAUNot 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.
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I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
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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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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.
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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The universe is wider than our views of it.
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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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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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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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
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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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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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