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I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business. - Thoreau

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. - Thoreau

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. - Thoreau

If ever I was sure that someone was coming to help me, I should run like hell. - Thoreau

On tops of mountains, as everywhere to hopeful souls, it is always morning. - Thoreau

At the extreme north, the voyagers are obliged to dance and act plays for employment. - Thoreau

"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake." - Thoreau

"What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?" - Thoreau

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself. - Emerson