Life in us is like the water in a river.
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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Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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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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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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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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If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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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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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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