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.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUFriends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
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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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I love to be alone.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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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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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.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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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 had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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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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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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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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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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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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