Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
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.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
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I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
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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 no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it’s gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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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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