If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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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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I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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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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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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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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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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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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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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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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