A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIf 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.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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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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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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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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The universe is wider than our views of it.
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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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What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
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Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
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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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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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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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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 you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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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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Renew thyself completely each day.
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