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.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUEvery generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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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A written word is the choicest of relics.
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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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I love to be alone.
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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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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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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
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Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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All good things are wild and free.
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