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.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIf we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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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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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
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What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
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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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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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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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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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