Henry David Thoreau quotes - page 15

Life in us is like the water in a river. (Henry David Thoreau)
Live your life, do your work, then take your hat. View quote
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Only that day dawns to which we are awake. View quote
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There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted. View quote
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It is as hard to see one's self as to look backwards without turning round. View quote
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What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new. View quote
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Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man. View quote
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Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe. View quote
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. View quote
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I trust that some may be as near and dear to Buddha, or Christ, or Swedenborg, who are without the pale of their churches. View quote
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Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors a vacuum and they have not discovered any continuous employment for man's nobler faculties. (Henry David Thoreau)
This curious world we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it is more to be admired and enjoyed than used. View quote
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Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced. View quote
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We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have not. View quote
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It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all. View quote
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He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair. View quote
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Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resigns his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. View quote
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We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn. View quote
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Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it? View quote
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We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. View quote
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There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be. (Henry David Thoreau)
The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected. View quote
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We should impart our courage and not our despair. View quote
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Every blade in the field - Every leaf in the forest - lays down its life in its season as beautifully as it was taken up. View quote
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Rise free from care before the dawn, and seek adventures. View quote
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