What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWhat does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
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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 have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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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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Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
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The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.
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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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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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