What does this quote by Henry David Thoreau mean?

It is not what you look at that matters, it is what you see.

Seeing is more than looking; it is attention and understanding. Thoreau distinguishes the passive gaze from the active, meaningful kind.

American naturalist and author of Walden, who wrote on simplicity, nature, and living deliberately.

This line is among the quotes by Henry David Thoreau that readers return to on wisdom — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.

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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

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