The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWhat does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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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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What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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The universe is wider than our views of it.
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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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 went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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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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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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