Henry David Thoreau on character
“Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.”
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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.
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 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.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau 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.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The heart is forever inexperienced.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau 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.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau There is no remedy for love but to love more.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Write while the heat is in you.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau
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