The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUOur truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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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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Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
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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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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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What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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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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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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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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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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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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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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