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“We are often struck by the force and precision of style to which hard-working men, unpracticed in writing, easily attain when required to make the effort. As if plainness and vigor and sincerity, the ornaments of style, were better learned on the farm and in the workshop than in the schools. The sentences written by Continue reading
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“The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free.” –Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Continue reading
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“What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate Continue reading
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“It’s the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Man And Nature
It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature. ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Treasured Wealth
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. ~Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Simplify Your Life
“Simplify your life. Don’t waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don’t burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don’t destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Understanding Ourselves
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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To Be A Philosopher
“To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Quote ~ Henry David Thoreau
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. ~Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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If A Man Walks In The Woods…..
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. ~Henry Continue reading
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October
October is the month for painted leaves…. As fruits and leaves and the day itself acquire a bright tint just before they fall, so the year near its setting. October is its sunset sky; November the later twilight. ~Henry David Thoreau, “Autumnal Tints” Continue reading
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Henry David Thoreau
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. -Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Henry David Thoreau
It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about? Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Henry David Thoreau Quote
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Simplify
“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.” – Henry David Thoreau http://www.bquot.es/s/1691 Continue reading
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Friendship
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Summer
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Matter
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All change is a miracle …..
All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant. — Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Bluebird
The bluebird carries the sky on his back. – Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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If People Walk In The Woods For The Love… Henry David Thoreau
If people walk in the woods for the love of them half of each day, they are in danger of being regarded as loafers; but if they spend their whole days as speculators, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, they are esteemed industrious and enterprising citizens. As if a town Continue reading
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What is the Use of Going… – Henry David Thoreau
What is the use of going over the old tracks again? You must make tracks into the unknown. Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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