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The only sin in the world is ignorance. - Thoreau

Sweep away the clutter of things that complicate our lives. - Thoreau

The highest condition of art is artlessness. - Thoreau

The soul grows by subtraction, not addition. - Thoreau

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

Who hears the fishes when they cry? - Thoreau

We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven. - Thoreau

For Carlos Santana

Foolish people imagine that what they imagine is somewhere else. That stuff is not made in any factory but your own. - Thoreau

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