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Go not to the object let the object come to you.
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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There must be the... generating force of Love behind every effort destined to be successful.
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All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.
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We do not associate the idea of antiquity with the ocean, nor wonder how it looked a thousand years ago, as we do of the land, for it was equally wild and unfathomable always.
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The vessel, though her masts be firm,Beneath her copper bears a worm.
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I stand in awe of my body.
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Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground.
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Why will we be imposed on by antiquity?
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Men and boys are learning all kinds of trades but how to make men of themselves. They learn to make houses but they are not so well housed, they are not so contented in their houses, as the woodchucks in their holes.
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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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Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows.
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Friends will not only live in harmony, but in melody.
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