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 THOREAUWhat is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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Renew thyself completely each day.
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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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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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Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
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I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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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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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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