Henry David Thoreau

Next to us is not the workman whom we have hired, with whom we love so well to talk, but the workman whose work we are. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#god #love

A Friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. It takes two to speak the truth, -one to speak, and another to hear. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#friendship

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

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There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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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

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Dreams are the touchstones of our character. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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