We are constantly invited to be what we are.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUSay what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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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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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.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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The universe is wider than our views of it.
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I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
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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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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
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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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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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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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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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