Perfection Quotes by Henry David Thoreau

9 Perfection quotes by Henry David Thoreau

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Thoreau’s naturalist eye examines how the quest for flawless experiences intertwines with the wild. These short passages capture his reverent, contemplative tone.

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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.

Henry David Thoreau

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There are many skillful apprentices, but few master workmen.

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It's not worth our while to let our imperfections disturb us always.

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There is a certain perfection in accident which we never consciously attain.

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To the innocent there are neither cherubim nor angels.

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Even the elephant carries but a small trunk on his journeys. The perfection of traveling is to travel without baggage.

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The true finish is the work of time, and the use to which a thing is put. The elements are still polishing…

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It is equally impossible to forget our Friends, and to make them answer to our ideal. When they say farewell, then indeed…

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Nature is a greater and more perfect art, the art of God; though, referred to herself, she is genius; and there is…

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Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

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“Men say they know many things; But lo! they have taken wings, — The arts and sciences, And a thousand appliances; The wind that…

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I am not afraid of praise, for I have practiced it on myself.

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“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or back gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and…

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“This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of…

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As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may…

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A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed.

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In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post office. You may depend on it, that the…

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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.

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The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel.

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Concord's little arch does not span all our fate, nor is what transpires under it law for the universe.

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The lumberers rarely trouble themselves to put out their fires, such is the dampness of the primitive forest; and this is one cause, no…

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“When he has obtained those things which are necessary to life, there is another alternative than to obtain the superfluities; and that is, to…

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Wealth is measured by the level of experience in all aspects of life

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