Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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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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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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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I love to be alone.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
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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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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don’t get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.
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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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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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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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