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Transcendentalism Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- We do not enjoy poetry unless we know it to be poetry.
- For more than five years I maintained myself thus solely by the labour of my hands, and I found, that by working about six weeks…
- On tops of mountains, as everywhere to hopeful souls, it is always morning.
- I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and…
- As for Doing-good, that is one of the professions which are full.
- As we lay huddled together under the tent, which leaked considerably about the sides, with our baggage at our feet, we listened to some of…
- 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…
- This world is but a canvas to our imagination.
- None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
- In wildness is the preservation of the world.
- If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer.…
- If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?
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- Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. — Nnamdi Azikiwe
- Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of… — Sai Baba
- To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater. — Bono
- What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially… — Constantin Brancusi
- It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life. — Julius Caesar
- True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues… — Thomas Carlyle
- The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. — Dale Carnegie
- Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Advertising is the very essence of democracy. — Anton Chekhov
- . . . the wellspring for the passion that drove public speech and action in behalf of the environment was in large… — Unknown Author
- The essence of all religions is One. Surrender is the main duty of everyone. Surrender means the feeling of oneness, I and… — Sathya Sai Baba
- Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour… — Mike Myers