The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUMen are born to succeed, not to fail.
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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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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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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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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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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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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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Write while the heat is in you.
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I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it’s gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.
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I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don’t get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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