152 quotes by Henry David Thoreau

“Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Faith never makes a confession.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Be not simply good - be good for something.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“As for doing good that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Being is the great explainer.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.” — Henry David Thoreau

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