Henry David Thoreau Quotes

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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

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Henry David Thoreau

Writer, Philosopher

Grateful

“The indescribable innocence of and beneficence of Nature,-of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter,-such health, such cheer, they afford forever!”

Nature Summer Cheer

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Henry David Thoreau

Writer, Philosopher

Philosophical

“The walls that fence our fields, as well as modern Rome, and not less the Parthenon itself, are all built of ruins.”

Wall Fields Rome

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Courageous

“Men are born to succeed, not to fail.”

Life Inspiration

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Grateful

“One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful reserve.”

Beautiful Flower

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Love

“To say that a man is your Friend means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy.”

Men Mean Friendship

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Determined

“Since most of us spend our lives doing ordinary tasks, the most important thing is to carry them out extraordinarily well.”

Important Greatness Ordinary

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Calm

“I have no time to be in a hurry.”

Clutter

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Wise

“It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.”

Wise Wisdom

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Spiritual

“You only need sit still long enough in some attractive spot in the woods that all its inhabitants may exhibit themselves to you by turns.”

Long Needs Nature

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Spiritual

“Whenever I have read any part of the Vedas, I have felt that some unearthly and unknown light illuminated me. In the great teaching of the Vedas, there is no touch of sectarianism. It is of all ages, climbs, and nationalities and is the royal road for the attainment of the Great Knowledge. When I read it, I feel that I am under the spangled heavens of a summer night.”

Night Teaching Summer

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Optimistic

“. . . we should be men first, and subjects afterward.”

Men Firsts

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Philosophical

“Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.”

Years Century

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