What is it that makes it so hard sometimes to determine whither we will walk? I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.
Henry David ThoreauBooks are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally and rightfully on the shelves of every cottage. They have no cause of their own to plead, but while they enlighten and sustain the reader his common sense will not refuse them. Their authors are a natural and irresistible aristocracy in every society, and, more than kings or emperors, exert an influence on mankind.
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If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated.
Henry David ThoreauTag: aspiration
The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
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If we respected only what is inevitable and has a right to be, music and poetry would resound along the streets.
Henry David ThoreauWhat sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
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If ever I was sure that someone was coming to help me, I should run like hell.
Henry David ThoreauBooks are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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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 ThoreauTag: morality usefulness
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The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?
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