Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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.
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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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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
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A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
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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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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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Things do not change; we change.
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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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