Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUCould a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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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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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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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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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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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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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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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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I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
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What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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