I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWhen I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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 plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it’s gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.
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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
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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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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
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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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What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
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If you want to be happy, be!
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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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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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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