Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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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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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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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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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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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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Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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A written word is the choicest of relics.
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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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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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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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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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Things do not change; we change.
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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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