I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWildness is the preservation of the World.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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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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Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
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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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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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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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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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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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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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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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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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All good things are wild and free.
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