How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUDisobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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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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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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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.
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Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
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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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I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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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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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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