It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIf 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.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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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 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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Write while the heat is in you.
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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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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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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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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A written word is the choicest of relics.
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