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2 Creative Quotations from Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) born on Jul 12 US essayist, poet, naturalist; He is best known for his description of life at Walden Pond, in Walden, 1854 and his essay Civil Disobedience, 1849.

3 It takes two to speak truth – one to speak, and another to hear.

4 I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

5 We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

6 Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.

7 Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.

8 Gnaw on some Creative Thinking with Creative Quotations! Visit CreativeQuotations.com today!

9 CREDITS: Copyright 2008, Baertracks. BeMoreCreative & Creative Quotations are pending trademarks. Public domain photo of Thoreau from Wikimedia Commons. Background photo of Walden Pond taking by Baertracks. Background music “Misty Woods” licensed from Sound Ideas, Inc.

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