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When I sit here by the sea and listen to the sound of waves, I feel free from all obligations and people of this world. - Thoreau

We have the St. Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still. - Thoreau

Remember that the smallest seed of faith is of more worth than the largest fruit of happiness. - Thoreau

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. - Thomas Aquinas

... I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days. ... - Thoreau

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear. - Thoreau

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant? - Thoreau

I have learned that the swiftest traveler is he that goes a-foot. - Thoreau

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after. - Thoreau