Henry David Thoreau on essential
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.”
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Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau 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.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau There is no remedy for love but to love more.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau We are constantly invited to be what we are.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.
F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald If I were to let my life be taken over by what is urgent, I might very well never get around to what is essential.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen There is an essential connection between experiencing God, loving God, and trusting God. You will trust God only as much as you love him. And you will love him to the extent you have touched him, rather that he has touched you.
Brennan ManningBrennan Manning It is a triumph of life that old people lose their memories of inessential things.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez What is essential, therefore, is not that you no longer believe, but that God continues to believe in you.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez Do not feel bad about your mistakes or those of others. Love them! Remember that one: they are to be expected; two: they’re the first and most essential part of the learning process; and three: feeling bad about them will prevent you from getting better.
Ray DalioRay Dalio Infinite Love is who we really are and who we refuse to be. This refusal is our most essential tension.
David DeidaDavid Deida It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.
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