Things do not change; we change.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIf you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
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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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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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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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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If you want to be happy, be!
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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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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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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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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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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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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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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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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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