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 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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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire 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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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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All good things are wild and free.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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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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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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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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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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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
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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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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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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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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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