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Hell itself may be contained within the compass of a spark. - Thoreau

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

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

The great art of life is how to turn the surplus life of the soul into life for the body. - Thoreau

Our sadness is not sad, but our cheap joys. Nothing can rightly compel a simple and brave man to a vulgar sadness. - Thoreau

If I am not I, who will be? - Thoreau

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear. - Thoreau

Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. - Thoreau