Find important quotes and citations by the author Henry David Thoreau.
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Quote 1978
The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much
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Quote 1887
On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.
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Quote 1649
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined
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Quote 1648
Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.
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Quote 1634
To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
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Quote 1631
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it
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Quote 1586
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation
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Quote 1539
Men are born to succeed, not to fail
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Quote 1506
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake
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Quote 1240
Things do not change; we change
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Quote 1150
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion
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Quote 1104
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm
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Quote 1080
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things
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Quote 1044
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals
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Quote 1043
What is called genius is the abundance of life and health
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Quote 1002
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours
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Quote 1000
Dreams are the touchstones of our character
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Quote 971
The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
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Quote 964
The language of friendship is not words but meanings
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Quote 839
Every child begins the world again
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Quote 802
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us
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Quote 788
Friends...they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams
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Quote 764
There is no remedy for love but to love more
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Quote 386
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.
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Quote 334
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new
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