How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUOur truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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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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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
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Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
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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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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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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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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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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 you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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