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Henry David Thoreau quotes: The imagination, give it the least license, dives deeper and soars higher than Nature goes. The imagination, give it the least license, dives deeper and soars higher than Nature goes.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The eye is the jewel of the body. The eye is the jewel of the body.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: I never knew, and never shall know, a worse man than myself. I never knew, and never shall know, a worse man than myself.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The virtue which we appreciate, we to some extent appropriate. The virtue which we appreciate, we to some extent appropriate.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Our hymn-books resound with a melodious cursing of God and enduring Him forever. Our hymn-books resound with a melodious cursing of God and enduring Him forever.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: With what infinite & unwearied expectation and proclamations the cocks usher in every dawn, as if there had never been one before. With what infinite & unwearied expectation and proclamations the cocks usher in every dawn, as if there had never been one before.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The Ethiopian cannot change his skin nor the leopard his spots. The Ethiopian cannot change his skin nor the leopard his spots.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: A man's wealth is measured by what he doesn't need. A man's wealth is measured by what he doesn't need.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one. One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: A hero's love is as delicate as a maiden's. A hero's love is as delicate as a maiden's.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Remember that you need not eat unless you are hungry. Remember that you need not eat unless you are hungry.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: If I were confined to a corner of a garret all my days, like a spider, the world would be just as large to me while I had my thoughts If I were confined to a corner of a garret all my days, like a spider, the world would be just as large to me while I had my thoughts about me.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone. If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Nature is mythical and mystical always, and works with the license and extravagance of genius. She has her luxurious and florid style as well as art. Nature is mythical and mystical always, and works with the license and extravagance of genius. She has her luxurious and florid style as well as art.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Impulse is, after all, the best linguist; its logic, if not conformable to Aristotle, cannot fail to be most convincing. Impulse is, after all, the best linguist; its logic, if not conformable to Aristotle, cannot fail to be most convincing.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: All nations love the same jests and tales, Jews, Christians, and Mahometans, and the same translated suffice for all. All nations love the same jests and tales, Jews, Christians, and Mahometans, and the same translated suffice for all.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: In solitude especialy do we begin to appreciate the advantage of living with someone who can think. In solitude especialy do we begin to appreciate the advantage of living with someone who can think.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: My eye is educated to discover anything on the ground, as chestnuts, etc. It is probably wholesomer to look at the ground much than at the heavens. My eye is educated to discover anything on the ground, as chestnuts, etc. It is probably wholesomer to look at the ground much than at the heavens.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life?
Henry David Thoreau quotes: When a shadow flits across the landscape of the soul where is the substance? When a shadow flits across the landscape of the soul where is the substance?
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The best way to correct a mistake is to make it right. The best way to correct a mistake is to make it right.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: None can lead this life who are not almost amphibious. None can lead this life who are not almost amphibious.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: But they who are unconcerned about the consequences of their actions are not therefore unconcerned about their actions. But they who are unconcerned about the consequences of their actions are not therefore unconcerned about their actions.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: I am a majority of one. I am a majority of one.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: For the most part, the best man's spirit makes a fearful sprite to haunt his grave. For the most part, the best man's spirit makes a fearful sprite to haunt his grave.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The biggest happiness is when at the end of the year you feel better than at the beginning The biggest happiness is when at the end of the year you feel better than at the beginning
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The virtues of a superior man are like the wind; the virtues of a common man are like the grass; the grass, when the wind passes over it, bends. The virtues of a superior man are like the wind; the virtues of a common man are like the grass; the grass, when the wind passes over it, bends.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Events, circumstances, etc., have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown. Events, circumstances, etc., have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The most alive is the wildest. The most alive is the wildest.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: How rarely I meet with a man who can be free, even in thought! We all live according to rule. Some men are bedridden; all world-ridden. How rarely I meet with a man who can be free, even in thought! We all live according to rule. Some men are bedridden; all world-ridden.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Commonly men will only be brave as their fathers were brave, or timid. Commonly men will only be brave as their fathers were brave, or timid.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid. I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Not till we are completely lost or turned around ... do we begin to find ourselves. Not till we are completely lost or turned around ... do we begin to find ourselves.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: We live but a fraction of our lives. We live but a fraction of our lives.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: When will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man? When will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man?
Henry David Thoreau quotes: What fire could ever equal the sunshine of a winter's day? What fire could ever equal the sunshine of a winter's day?
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The schools begin with what they call the elements, and where do they end? The schools begin with what they call the elements, and where do they end?
Henry David Thoreau quotes: To enjoy a thing exclusively is commonly to exlcude yourself from the true enjoyment of it. To enjoy a thing exclusively is commonly to exlcude yourself from the true enjoyment of it.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Nature is full of genius, full of divinity. Nature is full of genius, full of divinity.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Under a goverment which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison Under a goverment which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The newest is but the oldest made visible to our senses. The newest is but the oldest made visible to our senses.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The chickadee and nuthatch are more inspiring society than statesmen and philosophers, and we shall return to these last as to more vulgar companions. The chickadee and nuthatch are more inspiring society than statesmen and philosophers, and we shall return to these last as to more vulgar companions.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: There is no just and serene criticism as yet. There is no just and serene criticism as yet.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be. Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: So much for a blind obedience to a blundering oracle, throwing the stones over their heads behind them, and not seeing where they fell. So much for a blind obedience to a blundering oracle, throwing the stones over their heads behind them, and not seeing where they fell.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around. Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much. The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: When I meet a government which says to me, "Your money or your life," why should I be in haste to give it my money? When I meet a government which says to me, "Your money or your life," why should I be in haste to give it my money?
Henry David Thoreau quotes: It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but, doubt not, it was of the last importance only to be present at it. It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but, doubt not, it was of the last importance only to be present at it.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: A man may grow rich in Turkey even, if he will be in all respects a good subject of the Turkish government. A man may grow rich in Turkey even, if he will be in all respects a good subject of the Turkish government.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain. To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: I have myself to respect, but to myself I am not amiable; but my friend is my amiableness personified. I have myself to respect, but to myself I am not amiable; but my friend is my amiableness personified.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: I will not through humility become the devil's attorney I will not through humility become the devil's attorney
Henry David Thoreau quotes: You fail in your thoughts, or you prevail in your thoughts only. You fail in your thoughts, or you prevail in your thoughts only.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect. There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The music of all creatures has to do with their loves, even of toads and frogs. Is it not the same with man? The music of all creatures has to do with their loves, even of toads and frogs. Is it not the same with man?
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The gifts of Heaven are never quite gratuitous. The gifts of Heaven are never quite gratuitous.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The present hour is always wealthiest when it is poorer than the future ones, as that is the pleasantest site which affords the pleasantest prospect. The present hour is always wealthiest when it is poorer than the future ones, as that is the pleasantest site which affords the pleasantest prospect.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: A slight sound at evening lifts me up by the ears, and makes life seem inexpressibly serene and grand. It may be Uranus, or it may be in the shutter. A slight sound at evening lifts me up by the ears, and makes life seem inexpressibly serene and grand. It may be Uranus, or it may be in the shutter.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: This world is but canvas to our imaginations. This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The fact is, mental philosophy is very like Poverty, which, you know, begins at home; and indeed, when it goes abroad, it is poverty itself. The fact is, mental philosophy is very like Poverty, which, you know, begins at home; and indeed, when it goes abroad, it is poverty itself.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: I now first began to inhabit my house, I may say, when I began to use it for warmth as well as shelter. I now first began to inhabit my house, I may say, when I began to use it for warmth as well as shelter.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: You cannot receive a shock unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks you. You cannot receive a shock unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks you.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Blessed are they who never read a newspaper, for they shall see Nature, and through her, God. Blessed are they who never read a newspaper, for they shall see Nature, and through her, God.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The scholar is not apt to make his most familiar experience come gracefully to the aid of his expression. The scholar is not apt to make his most familiar experience come gracefully to the aid of his expression.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The walls that fence our fields, as well as modern Rome, and not less the Parthenon itself, are all built of ruins. The walls that fence our fields, as well as modern Rome, and not less the Parthenon itself, are all built of ruins.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue. We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: I am of the nature of Stone. It takes the summer's sun to warm it. I am of the nature of Stone. It takes the summer's sun to warm it.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and future, which is precisely the present moment; to to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and future, which is precisely the present moment; to
Henry David Thoreau quotes: With respect to wit, I learned that there was not much difference between the half and the whole. With respect to wit, I learned that there was not much difference between the half and the whole.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Having each some shingles of thought well dried, we sat and whittled them. Having each some shingles of thought well dried, we sat and whittled them.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The works of great poets have never been read by mankind, for only great poets can read them. The works of great poets have never been read by mankind, for only great poets can read them.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: You never gain something but that you lose something. You never gain something but that you lose something.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: I silently smiled at my incessant good fortune. I silently smiled at my incessant good fortune.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men. The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: What a glorious time they must have in that wilderness, far from mankind and election day! What a glorious time they must have in that wilderness, far from mankind and election day!
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Few, if any, creatures are equally active all night. Few, if any, creatures are equally active all night.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Thus was my first year's life in the woods completed; and the second year was similar to it. I finally left Walden September 6th,1847. Thus was my first year's life in the woods completed; and the second year was similar to it. I finally left Walden September 6th,1847.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: As in many countries precious metals belong to the crown, so here more precious natural objects of rare beauty should belong to the public. As in many countries precious metals belong to the crown, so here more precious natural objects of rare beauty should belong to the public.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: It is not worth the while to live by rich cookery. It is not worth the while to live by rich cookery.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: There are many fine things we cannot say if we have to shout. There are many fine things we cannot say if we have to shout.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: I would fain keep sober always; and there are infinite degrees of drunkenness. I I would fain keep sober always; and there are infinite degrees of drunkenness. I
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Poetry cannot breathe in the scholar's atmosphere. Poetry cannot breathe in the scholar's atmosphere.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Where there is not discernment, the behavior even of the purest soul may in effect amount to coarseness. Where there is not discernment, the behavior even of the purest soul may in effect amount to coarseness.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: My spirits infallibly rise in proportion to the outward dreariness. Give me the ocean, the desert, or the wilderness! My spirits infallibly rise in proportion to the outward dreariness. Give me the ocean, the desert, or the wilderness!
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Music is the crystallization of sound. Music is the crystallization of sound.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Every poet has trembled on the verge of science. Every poet has trembled on the verge of science.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: I say, break the law. I say, break the law.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: I do not believe there are eight hundred human beings on the globe. I do not believe there are eight hundred human beings on the globe.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Man is but the place where I stand ... Man is but the place where I stand ...
Henry David Thoreau quotes: Education makes a straight ditch of a free meandering brook. Education makes a straight ditch of a free meandering brook.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: What are the libraries of science but files of newspapers? What are the libraries of science but files of newspapers?
Henry David Thoreau quotes: I love you not as something private and personal, which is my own, but as something universal and worthy of love which I have found. I love you not as something private and personal, which is my own, but as something universal and worthy of love which I have found.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: A man thinks as well through his legs and arms as this brain. A man thinks as well through his legs and arms as this brain.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer have have it to regret. They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer have have it to regret.
Henry David Thoreau quotes: This is one of those instances in which the individual genius is found to consent, as indeed it always does, at last, with the universal. This is one of those instances in which the individual genius is found to consent, as indeed it always does, at last, with the universal.

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