Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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All good things are wild and free.
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Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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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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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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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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I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don’t get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.
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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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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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