Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUEvery generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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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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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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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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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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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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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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The universe is wider than our views of it.
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A written word is the choicest of relics.
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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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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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