What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUFools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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All good things are wild and free.
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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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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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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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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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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.
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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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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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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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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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