Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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 would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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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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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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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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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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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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