I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion.

Henry David Thoreau in Resistance to Civil Government
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He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.

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Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

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Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

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It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

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It is not enough to be busy the question is what are we busy about

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In the long run, you hit only what you aim at: Therefore aim high.

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Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows.

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Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.

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It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

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