A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUDo not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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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 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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Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.
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A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
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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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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
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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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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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I love to be alone.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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