It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWildness is the preservation of the World.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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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 was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
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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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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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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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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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