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.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUTo be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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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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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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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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Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
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Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
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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 we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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