How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
HENRY DAVID THOREAULive in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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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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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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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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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
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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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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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