The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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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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Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
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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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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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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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Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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