As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

—Henry David Thoreau

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About Henry David Thoreau

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Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance...

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Men have become the tools of their tools.

—Henry David Thoreau

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The heart is forever inexperienced.

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I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.

—Henry David Thoreau

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If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man’s shoulders.

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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

—Henry David Thoreau

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Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

—Marcus Tullius Cicero

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God will not look you over for medals, degrees, or diplomas, but for scars.

—Elbert Hubbard

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Question: How can justice be secured in Athens?
Solon: If those who are not injured feel as indignant as those who are.

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All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished.

—Marshall Rosenberg

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