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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More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
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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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Renew thyself completely each day.
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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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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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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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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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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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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