As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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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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The universe is wider than our views of it.
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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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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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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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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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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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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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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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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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