The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity, and by these I shall not regulate my propositions. And some see no nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself. –William Blake

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Think for yourself, or others will think for you without thinking of you. ― Henry David Thoreau

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There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

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The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost. ― Henry David Thoreau

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Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

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If you look in the mirror and you see a fat person, don't tell yourself that you need to lose a couple of pounds. Tell the truth. You're fucking fat! It's okay. ― David Goggins

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Life isn't perfect and that's the kind of world where Jesus showed up. He wasn't born in a palace on a perfect day. He was born in the middle of the night during tax season to an unwed couple in a stable or a cave in a sheep field. That was God's way of showing us that nothing is perfect. Life is chaotic. It's messy. That's what Jesus was stepping into.

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The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. ― Henry David Thoreau

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If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things. ― Henry David Thoreau

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A large oak tree is just a little nut that refused to give up. ― David McGee

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