I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUAny fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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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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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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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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Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
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A written word is the choicest of relics.
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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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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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
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Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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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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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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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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I love to be alone.
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