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.
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 greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don’t get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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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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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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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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A written word is the choicest of relics.
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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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