Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUHow many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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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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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
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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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All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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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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Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
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What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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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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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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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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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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