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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

Henry David Thoreau
Perseverance, Disappointment, Self Esteem
Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.10, Yale University Press

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment; that background which the painter may not daub, be he master or bungler, and which, however awkward a figure we may have made in the foreground, remains ever our inviolable asylum, where no indignity can assail, no personality can disturb us.

Henry David Thoreau
Disappointment, Silence, Personality
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.312, Courier Corporation

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment

Henry David Thoreau
Disappointment, Silence, Dull
Henry David Thoreau (2014). “The Illustrated "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers"”, p.392, Princeton University Press

The poet will maintain serenity in spite of all disappointments. He is expected to preserve an unconcerned and healthy outlook over the world, while he lives.

Henry David Thoreau
Disappointment, Serenity, Poetry
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.279, Simon and Schuster

I always see those of whom I have heard well with a slight disappointment. They are so much better than the great herd, and yet the heavens are not shivered into diamonds over their heads.

Henry David Thoreau
Disappointment, Heaven, Herds
Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Familiar Letters (Annotated Edition)”, p.68, Jazzybee Verlag

I know very well what Goethe meant when he said that he never had a chagrin but he made a poem out of it. I have altogether too much patience of this kind.

Henry David Thoreau
Disappointment, Poetry, Too Much
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.359, Penguin

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. [Like they say, 'Every cloud has a silver lining'...so if you are patient, expect, anticipate, look and work for some good to come from the cloud, you will be rewarded eventually!]

Henry David Thoreau
Disappointment, Clouds, Looks

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