Henry David Thoreau quotes - page 13

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them. (Henry David Thoreau)
I believe in the forest, and in the meadow, and in the night in which the corn grows. View quote
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Comparatively, tattooing is not the hideous custom which it is called. It is not barbarous merely because the printing is skin-deep and unalterable. View quote
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Live the life you've dreamed. View quote
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Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors. View quote
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Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. View quote
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The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles. View quote
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An unclean person is universally a slothful one. View quote
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Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are. View quote
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Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice. View quote
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It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious. (Henry David Thoreau)
Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself. View quote
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After the first blush of sin comes its indifference. View quote
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The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star. View quote
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if i repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. what demon possessed me that i behaved so well? View quote
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Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant. View quote
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Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be. View quote
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There is no just and serene criticism as yet. View quote
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I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers. View quote
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The only sin in the world is ignorance. View quote
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The millions are awake enough for physical labor; but only one in a million is awake enough for effective intellectual exertion, only one in a hundred millions to a poetic or divine life. To be awake is to be alive. (Henry David Thoreau)
They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar. View quote
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All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be. View quote
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If misery loves company, misery has company enough. View quote
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The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready. View quote
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