Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

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• Henry David Thoreau:

  Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

• Henry David Thoreau:

  All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

• Henry David Thoreau:

  Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

• Henry David Thoreau:

  Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for tho

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  Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the othe

• Henry David Thoreau:

  Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

• Henry David Thoreau:

  Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to

• Henry David Thoreau:

  I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.

• Henry David Thoreau:

  It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sens

• Henry David Thoreau:

  To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women