Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

—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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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

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Men have become the tools of their tools.

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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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Christians believe if you love God you go to heaven. If you don't go to heaven, you go to hell. So, if you don't love God, you go to hell. God created everything, including heaven and hell. So he created a torture chamber, in case you don't love him back.

Crazy.

—Oliver Markus Malloy in Inside The Mind of an Introvert

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I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell-you see, I have friends in both places.

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Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning.

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Love is all fire; and so heaven and hell are the same place.

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Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

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