We are constantly invited to be what we are.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUNot 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.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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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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I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
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I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it’s gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.
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I love to be alone.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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