Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWhat is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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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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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
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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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I love to be alone.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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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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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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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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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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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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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
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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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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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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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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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If you want to be happy, be!
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I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
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