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 THOREAUDreams are the touchstones of our characters.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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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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If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
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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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Things do not change; we change.
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I love to be alone.
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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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Write while the heat is in you.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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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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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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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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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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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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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
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