I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThe most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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All good things are wild and free.
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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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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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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
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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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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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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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