Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThe greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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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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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
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I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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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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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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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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