What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
HENRY DAVID THOREAUAll men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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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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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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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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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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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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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 should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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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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