The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUFools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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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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I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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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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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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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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What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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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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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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