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Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau
If men could combine thus earnestly, and patiently, and harmoniously to some really worthy end, what might they not accomplish?
There never is but one opportunity of a kind.
We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.
Go confidently in the direction of our dreams! Live the life you've imagined.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost: that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.
I am resolved that I will not through humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
The sacredness, if there is any, is all in yourself and not in the place.
The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
The world is but a canvas to the imagination.
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
It's not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?
What a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?