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“It is never too late to give up our prejudices. No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.“
Prejudices and Proof
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Tag Archives: Henry David Thoreau
Resignation and Desperation
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“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.“
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The Tyrant of Self
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“Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.“
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Delicate Bloom of Self
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“The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.“
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The Literary “I”
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“I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. Unfortunately, I am confined to this theme by the narrowness of my experience.“
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Admiring Squirrels
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“I had not hoed a row of beans, split firewood, or learned the birds in my backyard by name. Yet I loved Thoreau from the first page. Something about what centered him made sense to me—life connected to the place where you lived, and what you did there. I liked how he was humble yet sure of himself. I liked that he admired squirrels.”
–Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods