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If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

Henry David Thoreau
Motivational, Men, Desire
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.357, Penguin

My desire for knowledge is intermittent; but my desire to commune with the spirit of the universe, to be intoxicated with the fumes, call it, of that divine nectar, to bear my head through atmospheres and over heights unknown to my feet, is perennial and constant.

Henry David Thoreau
Feet, Atmosphere, Desire
Henry David Thoreau (1960). “H. D. Thoreau, a Writer's Journal”, p.26, Courier Corporation

Every sunset I witness inspires me with the desire to go to West as distant and as fair as that which the sun goes down. Eastward I go only by force; but westward I go free.

Henry David Thoreau
Sunset, Inspire, Desire

No man who acts from a sense of duty ever puts the lesser duty above the greater. No man has the desire and the ability to work onhigh things, but he has also the ability to build himself a high staging.

Henry David Thoreau
Ambition, Men, Desire
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.1753, Delphi Classics

Though my life is low, if my spirit looks upward habitually at an elevated angle, it is as if it were redeemed. When the desire to be better than we are is really sincere we are instantly elevated, and so far better already.

Henry David Thoreau
Desire, Looks, Spirit
Henry David Thoreau (1960). “H. D. Thoreau, a Writer's Journal”, p.25, Courier Corporation

I desire that there be as many different persons in the world as possible; I would have each one be very careful to find out and preserve his own way.

Henry David Thoreau
Thinking, Desire, Different

Men have a singular desire to be good without being good for anything, because, perchance, they think vaguely that so it will be good for them in the end.

Henry David Thoreau
Men, Thinking, Desire
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.96, Penguin

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