Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUDreams are the touchstones of our characters.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
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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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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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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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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.
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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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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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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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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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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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