Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience...

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Love one person, take care of them until you die. You know, raise kids. Have...

Love one person, take care of them until you die. You know, raise kids. Have...

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own...

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own...