Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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I love to be alone.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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Write while the heat is in you.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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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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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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Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
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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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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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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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Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
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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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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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