I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUEvery morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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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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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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