Henry David Thoreau on book
“A written word is the choicest of relics.”
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I love to be alone.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Renew thyself completely each day.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau 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.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau 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.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau 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.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau
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Find someone who can hear you even when you’re silent.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
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What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
Thomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle I thought I’d begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine.
Spike MilliganSpike Milligan We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.
Jules VerneJules Verne I don’t shoot people with Korans. I’d like to, but I don’t.
Chris KyleChris Kyle Other people are talking about writing books about my life, or about some of the things I’ve done. I find it strange, but I also feel it’s my life and my story, and I guess I better be the one to get it on paper the way it actually happened.
Chris KyleChris Kyle Impossible is the word for fools in my dictionary.
Rakesh JhunjhunwalaRakesh Jhunjhunwala Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
Thomas PaineThomas Paine