A THREAD on interesting ideas by Henry David Thoreau:
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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All good things are wild and free.
All good things are wild and free.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
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I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
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As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
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However mean your life is, meet and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is.
However mean your life is, meet and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with nature herself.
Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with nature herself.
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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.
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.
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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This curious world we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it is more to be admired and enjoyed than used.
This curious world we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it is more to be admired and enjoyed than used.
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