Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIt is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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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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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
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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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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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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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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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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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Write while the heat is in you.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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