I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUA single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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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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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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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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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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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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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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The universe is wider than our views of it.
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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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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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