It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
HENRY DAVID THOREAURather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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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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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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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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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
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Things do not change; we change.
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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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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
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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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