It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIf a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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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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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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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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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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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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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as 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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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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