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

The only sin in the world is ignorance. - Thoreau

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. - Thoreau

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love! - Thoreau

As I love nature, as I love singing birds...I love thee, my friend. - Thoreau

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

It's only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God. - Thoreau

For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. Job 19:25

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

When you knock, ask to see God — none of the servants. - Thoreau