Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWildness is the preservation of the World.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.
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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
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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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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.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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If you want to be happy, be!
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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