Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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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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All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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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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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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If 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.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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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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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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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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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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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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