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A town is saved, not more by the righteous men in it, than by the woods and swamps that surround it. - Thoreau

The question is not what you look at – but how you look, and whether you see.

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man. - Thoreau

You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds. - Thoreau

All good things are wild and free. - Thoreau

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect. - Thoreau

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself. - Thoreau

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat. - Thoreau

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. - Thoreau

Remember that the smallest seed of faith is of more worth than the largest fruit of happiness. - Thoreau