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A friend is one who incessant...

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The friend asks no return but that his friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's dreams.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

Talk about slavery! It is not...

Talk about slavery! It is not the peculiar institution of the South. It exists wherever men are bought and sold, wherever a man allows himself to be made a mere thing or a tool, and surrenders his inalienable rights of reason and conscience. Indeed, this slavery is more complete than that which enslaves the body alone.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

The finest qualities of our n...

The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

Birds never sing in caves. ...

Birds never sing in caves.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

I have never found a companio...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

The mass of men lead lives of...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

To make a deep mental path, w...

To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

Morning is when I am awake an...

Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

If a plant cannot live accord...

If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

Unjust laws exist: shall we b...

Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

I am grateful for what I am a...

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite - only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. I am ready to try this for the next ten thousand years, and exhaust it. How sweet to think of! my extremities well charred, and my intellectual part too, so that there is no danger of worm or rot for a long while. My breath is sweet to me. O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

How prompt we are to satisfy ...

How prompt we are to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our bodies; how slow to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our souls!

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

I believe that there is a sub...

I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

If a thousand men were not to...

If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would ... [be] the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

Waves of a serene life pass o...

Waves of a serene life pass over us from time to time, like flakes of sunlight over the fields in cloudy weather.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

The great art of life is how ...

The great art of life is how to turn the surplus life of the soul into life for the body.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

A bore is someone who takes a...

A bore is someone who takes away my solitude and doesn't give me companionship in return.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

If a man believes and expects...

If a man believes and expects great things of himself, it makes no odds where you put him, or what you show him . . he will be surrounded by grandeur.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

In a world of peace and love,...

In a world of peace and love, music would be the universal language.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

A single gentle rain makes th...

A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts. We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us.

Henry David Thoreau 3216 quotes

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