A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThis world is but canvas to our imaginations.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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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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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole 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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Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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Do 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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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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