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

There is no ill which may not be dissipated, like the dark, if you let in a stronger light upon it. - Thoreau

A gun will give you the body, not the bird. - Thoreau

A man's real faith is never contained in his creed, nor is his creed an article of his faith. - Thoreau

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

Sex without love is mutual masturbation.

Listen to music religiously, as if it were the last strain you might hear. - Thoreau

The sea-shore is a sort of neutral ground, a most advantageous point from which to contemplate this world.” - Thoreau

Not all those who wander are lost. - Thoreau