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.
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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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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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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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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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 you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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