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I do believe in simplicity. It...

I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in a day; how singular an affair he thinks he must omit. When the mathematician would solve a difficult problem, he first frees the equation of all incumbrances, and reduces it to its simplest terms. So simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real. Probe the earth to see where your main roots run.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

I have an immense appetite for...

I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don't get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

We are constantly invited to b...

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

Truth strikes us from behind a...

Truth strikes us from behind and in the dark, as well as from before and in broad daylight.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

It is remarkable how long men ...

It is remarkable how long men will believe in the bottomlessness of a pond without taking the trouble to sound it.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

Life in us is like the water i...

Life in us is like the water in a river.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

I do not know how to distingui...

I do not know how to distinguish between waking life and a dream. Are we not always living the life that we imagine we are?

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

The more you have thought and ...

The more you have thought and written on a given theme, the more you can still write. Thought breeds thought. It grows under your hands.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

My profession is to be always ...

My profession is to be always on the alert to find God in nature, to know his lurking-places, to attend all the oratorios, the operas in nature.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

If the laborer gets no more th...

If the laborer gets no more than the wages which his employer pays him, he is cheated, he cheats himself.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

The mass never comes up to the...

The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

I took a walk in the woods and...

I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

It is in vain to dream of a wi...

It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such. It is the bog in our brains and bowels, the primitive vigor of Nature in us, that inspires that dream. I shall never find in the wilds of Labrador a greater wildness than in some recess of Concord.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

Friends . . . They are kind to...

Friends . . . They are kind to each other's hopes. They cherish each other's dreams.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

Each new year is a surprise to...

Each new year is a surprise to us. We find that we had virtually forgotten the note of each bird, and when we hear it again, it is remembered like a dream, reminding us of a previous state of existence. How happens it that the associations it awakens are always pleasing, never saddening, reminiscences of our sanest hours. The voice of nature is always encouraging.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

I do not wish to kill nor to b...

I do not wish to kill nor to be killed, but I can foresee circumstances in which these things would be by me unavoidable.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

I came to love my rows, my bea...

I came to love my rows, my beans, though so many more than I wanted. They attached me to the earth, and so I got strength like Antaeus.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

A farmer, a hunter, a soldier,...

A farmer, a hunter, a soldier, a reporter, even a philosopher, may be daunted; but nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by pure love. Who can predict his comings and goings? His business calls him out at all hours, even when doctors sleep.

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It is strange to talk of mirac...

It is strange to talk of miracles, revelations, inspiration, and the like, as things past, while love remains.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

All that man has to say or do ...

All that man has to say or do that can possibly concern mankind is in some shape or other to tell the story of his love-to sing, and, if he is fortunate and keeps alive, he will be forever in love.

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