I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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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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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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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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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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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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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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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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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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