The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
HENRY DAVID THOREAULive the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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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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Things do not change; we change.
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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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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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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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What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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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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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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