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Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.

From Henry David Thoreau

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

From Henry David Thoreau

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

From Henry David Thoreau

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

From Henry David Thoreau

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

From Henry David Thoreau

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.

From Henry David Thoreau

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now.

From Henry David Thoreau