I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUOnly that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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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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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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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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A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
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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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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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A written word is the choicest of relics.
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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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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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