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“Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“I am convinced that if all men were to live as simply as I then did, thieving and robbery would be unknown. These take place only in communities where some have got more than is sufficient while others have not enough.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“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.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.” 
― Henry David Thoreau 
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“Things do not change; we change.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.” 
 Henry David Thoreau
“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“Follow your genius closely enough, and it will not fail to show you a fresh prospect every hour.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“Be not simply good - be good for something” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“Follow your genius closely enough, and it will not fail to show you a fresh prospect every hour.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“the language of friendship is not words but meanings.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
“Kindness to children, love for children, goodness to children-- these are the only investments that never fail.” 
― Henry David Thoreau
Nationality: American
Born: July 12, 1817
Died: May 6, 1862
Known For: Author, Poet, Philosopher, Abolitionist, Naturalist, Tax resister, Development critic, Surveyor, and Historian.