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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

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American Author, Writer July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862

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Henry David Thoreau quote: "Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether..."
Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. Henry David Thoreau
Every sunset which I witness inspires me with the desire to go to a west as distant and as fair as that into which the Sun goes down. He appears to migrate westward daily and tempt us to follow him. He is the Great Western Pioneer whom the nations follow. We dream all night of those mountain ridges in the horizon, though they may be of vapor only, which were last gilded by his rays. Henry David Thoreau
Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary. Henry David Thoreau
One farmer says to me, 'You cannot live on vegetable food solely, for it furnishes nothing to make bones with;' and so he religiously devotes a part of his day to supplying his system with the raw material of bones; walking all the while he talks behind his oxen, which, with vegetable-made bones, jerk him and his lumbering plow along in spite of every obstacle. Henry David Thoreau
For I believe that climate does thus react on man--as there is something in the mountain air that feeds the spirit and inspires. Henry David Thoreau
Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "By turns our purity inspires and our impurity casts us down."
By turns our purity inspires and our impurity casts us down. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as..."
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Henry David Thoreau
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail. Henry David Thoreau
Those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government, yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most conscientious supporters, and so frequently the most serious obstacles to reform. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Sell your clothes- keep your thoughts."
Sell your clothes- keep your thoughts. Henry David Thoreau

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