I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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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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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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A written word is the choicest of relics.
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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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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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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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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