Wildness is the preservation of the World.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUDreams are the touchstones of our characters.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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The universe is wider than our views of it.
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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.
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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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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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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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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
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I love to be alone.
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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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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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