As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUDo not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
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Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
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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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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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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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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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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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Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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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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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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I love to be alone.
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