Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUAll men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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All good things are wild and free.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
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What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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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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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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Write while the heat is in you.
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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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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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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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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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