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This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

~Henry David Thoreau

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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

~Henry David Thoreau

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I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

~Henry David Thoreau

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It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

~Henry David Thoreau

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Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

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

~Henry David Thoreau

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

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The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

~Henry David Thoreau

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Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

~Henry David Thoreau

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Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

~Henry David Thoreau

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: July 12th, 1817

Died: May 6th, 1862

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