You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUAll men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
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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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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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Renew thyself completely each day.
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If you want to be happy, be!
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.
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I love to be alone.
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I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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