“Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: nature
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Do what you love. Know your own
“Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: love
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We must walk consciously only part way
“We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: success
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This world is but a canvas to
“This world is but a canvas to our imagination.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: imagination
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No face which we can give to
“No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: alone
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There is no value in life except
“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
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: happiness
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The smallest seed of faith is better
“The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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A man cannot be said to succeed
“A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.”
— Henry David Thoreau
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Category: friendship
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There are certain pursuits which, if not
“There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: nature
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If the machine of government is of
“If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: government
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There are moments when all anxiety and
“There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: nature
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