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Henry David Thoreau
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Biography : American essayist, poet and philosopher.
Born: 1817 - Died: 1862
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States
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The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.
Henry David Thoreau






Being is the great explainer.
Henry David Thoreau






I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
Henry David Thoreau






Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.
Henry David Thoreau






A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
Henry David Thoreau






I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
Henry David Thoreau






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






It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
Henry David Thoreau






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.
Henry David Thoreau






There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.
Henry David Thoreau






I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now.
Henry David Thoreau






Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Henry David Thoreau






There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.
Henry David Thoreau






A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.
Henry David Thoreau






Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself?
Henry David Thoreau






What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.
Henry David Thoreau






We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
Henry David Thoreau






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