Wildness is the preservation of the World.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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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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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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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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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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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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Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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If you want to be happy, be!
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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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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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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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