Henry David Thoreau on finding
“I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.”
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The universe is wider than our views of it.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau All good things are wild and free.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Things do not change; we change.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Life in us is like the water in a river.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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Dalai LamaDalai Lama I know that somehow, every step I took since the moment I could walk was a step towards finding you.
Nicholas SparksNicholas Sparks The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
SocratesSocrates I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.
Ayn RandAyn Rand You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
John LewisJohn Lewis The best way to succeed is to discover what you love and find a way to offer it to others.
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