I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThings do not change; we change.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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All good things are wild and free.
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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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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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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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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
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A written word is the choicest of relics.
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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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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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If you want to be happy, be!
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Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.
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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 would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.
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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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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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