There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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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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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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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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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
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If you want to be happy, be!
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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.
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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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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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