Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUAs if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
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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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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
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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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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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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.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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