Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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All good things are wild and free.
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Things do not change; we change.
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
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What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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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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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.
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