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Henry David Thoreau Quotes: Knowledge does not come to us in details, but in flashes of light from heaven.
         

Knowledge does not come to us in details, but in flashes of light from heaven.


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Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.



There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.



The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.



It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.



If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...



I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.



be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.



What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.



The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.



The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.





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I can say unequivocally that the boycott does not work. It's never complete enough to have impact unless it's backed by force, and I don't think anybody in America seriously proposes that.

I can say unequivocally that the boycott does not work. It's never complete enough to have impact unless it's backed by force, and I don't think anybody in America seriously proposes that.



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Believe me, you lose more than a gallon of fluids during a race. You could lose between six and 10 pounds during a race, depending on hot it is.



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All tragedies are finished bya death, All comedies are ended bya marriage; The future states of both are left to faith.

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We are alive within mystery, by miracle... We have more than we can know. We know more than we can say.




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