I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUAll men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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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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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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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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What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
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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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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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