Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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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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All good things are wild and free.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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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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What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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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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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 be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
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