Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference. >>

There are thousands hacking at the branches of evil to one who is stri >>

He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate. >>

Quotations about Happiness

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Happiness is not a possession to be prized. It is a quality of thought >>

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We are made happy when reason can discover no occasion for it. The memory of some past moments is more persuasive than the experience of present ones. There have been visions of such breadth and brightness that these motes were invisible in their light.

Thoreau, Henry David