It is only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God.
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In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seems puny
Henry David Thoreau
I saw a delicate flower had grown up two feet high between the horses' feet and the wheel trach. An inch more to the right or left had sealed its fate, or an inch higher. Yet it lived and flourished, and never knew the danger it incurred. It did not borrow trouble, nor invite an evil fate by apprehending it.
Henry David Thoreau
All that man has to say or do that can possibly concern mankind is in some shape or other to tell the story of his loveto sing, and, if he is fortunate and keeps alive, he will be forever in love.
Henry David Thoreau
I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.
Henry David Thoreau
The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement.
Henry David Thoreau
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