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Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau
Age: 44 †
Born: 1817
Born: July 12
Died: 1862
Died: May 6
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The books for young people say a great deal about the selection of Friends it is because they really have nothing to say about Friends. They mean associates and confidants merely.
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I do not know how to distinguish between waking life and a dream. Are we not always living the life that we imagine we are?
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be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.
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It is strange to talk of miracles, revelations, inspiration, and the like, as things past, while love remains.
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To the man who cherishes a secret in his breast, there is a still greater secret unexplored. Our most indifferent acts may be a matter for secrecy, but whatever we do with the utmost truthfulness and integrity, by virtue of its pureness, must be transparent as light.
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Beside some philosophers of larger vision, Carlyle stands like an honest, half-despairing boy, grasping at some details only of their world systems.
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Heal yourselves, doctors by God I live.
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The sport of digging the bait is nearly equal to that of catching the fish, when one's appetite is not too keen.
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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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When a man truly commits, the universe will conspire to assure his success.
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Do not engage to find things as you think they are.
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In their daily life, all are braver than they know.
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Many have believed that Walden reached quite through to the other side of the globe.
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The stars are the jewels of the night, and perchance surpass anything which day has to show.
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Men talk about Bible miracles because there is no miracle in their lives. Cease to gnaw that crust. There is ripe fruit over your head.
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Look not to legislatures and churches for your guidance, nor to any soulless incorporated bodies, but to inspirited or inspired ones.
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I hate the present modes of living and getting a living. Farming and shopkeeping and working at a trade or profession are all odious to me. I should relish getting my living in a simple, primitive fashion.
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In the production of the necessaries of life Nature is ready enough to assist man.
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Live free, child of the mist,- and with respect to knowledge we are allchildren of the mist.
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What would we not give for some great poem to read now, which would be in harmony with the scenery,--for if men read aright, methinks they would never read anything but poems. No history nor philosophy can supply their place.
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