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.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUDisobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
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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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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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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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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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The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.
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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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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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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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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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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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