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 THOREAUWe are constantly invited to be what we are.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it’s gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.
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The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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Write while the heat is in you.
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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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