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.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI make myself rich by making my wants few.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it’s gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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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 have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don’t get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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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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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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