I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUAs if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
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The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.
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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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I love to be alone.
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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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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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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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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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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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