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Quotes by Henry David Thoreau

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he ... Read Full Quote
To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, ... Read Full Quote
Men are born to succeed, not to fail. ... Read Full Quote
Dreams are the touchstones of our character. ... Read Full Quote
I have never found a companion that was so companionabl ... Read Full Quote
The man who goes alone can start today but he who trave ... Read Full Quote
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be l ... Read Full Quote
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that wa ... Read Full Quote
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. ... Read Full Quote
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhap ... Read Full Quote
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live th ... Read Full Quote
The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. On ... Read Full Quote
It is not enough to be busy the question is what are we ... Read Full Quote
I do not wish to kill nor to be killed, but I can fores ... Read Full Quote
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts ... Read Full Quote
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around. ... Read Full Quote
The world is but a canvas to the imagination. ... Read Full Quote
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to ... Read Full Quote
The character inherent in the American people has done ... Read Full Quote
That government is best which governs least. - from Civ ... Read Full Quote
Not that the story need be long, but it will take a lon ... Read Full Quote
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it. ... Read Full Quote
When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing ... Read Full Quote
There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes t ... Read Full Quote
The ways by which you may get money almost without exce ... Read Full Quote
The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a c ... Read Full Quote
The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to disc ... Read Full Quote
What a man thinks of himself that is what determines, o ... Read Full Quote
True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not ... Read Full Quote
It is an interesting question how far men would retain ... Read Full Quote
It takes two to speak truth - One to speak, and another ... Read Full Quote
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the tr ... Read Full Quote
A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so m ... Read Full Quote
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. ... Read Full Quote
To reget deeply is to live afresh. ... Read Full Quote
The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intang ... Read Full Quote
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every ... Read Full Quote
Life should begin with age and its privileges and accum ... Read Full Quote
If you have built castles in the air, your work need no ... Read Full Quote
Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us ... Read Full Quote
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with suf ... Read Full Quote
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we ... Read Full Quote
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapes ... Read Full Quote
There are now-a-days professors of philosophy but not p ... Read Full Quote
Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down hi ... Read Full Quote
Why should we be in such desperate hast to succeed, and ... Read Full Quote
However mean your life is, meet it and live it do not s ... Read Full Quote
If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated ... Read Full Quote
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefo ... Read Full Quote
What old people say you cannot do, you try and find tha ... Read Full Quote
We shall see but a little way if we require to understa ... Read Full Quote
Make the most of your regrets. . . . To regret deeply i ... Read Full Quote
Whatever sentence will bear to be read twice, we may be ... Read Full Quote
However mean your life is, meet it and live it do not s ... Read Full Quote
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel too ... Read Full Quote
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, ... Read Full Quote
Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds w ... Read Full Quote
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestione ... Read Full Quote
None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life ... Read Full Quote
Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul. ... Read Full Quote
Faint heart never won true friend. O my friend, may it ... Read Full Quote
It is never too late to give up our prejudices. ... Read Full Quote
Arthur Schopenhauer Only he is successful in his busine ... Read Full Quote
The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. ... Read Full Quote
All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy ... Read Full Quote
It is only when we forget all our learning that we begi ... Read Full Quote
Goodness is the only investment that never fails. ... Read Full Quote
The language of friendship is not words but meanings. ... Read Full Quote
Men have become the tools of their tools. ... Read Full Quote
Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes. ... Read Full Quote
What does education often do It makes a straight-cut di ... Read Full Quote
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dre ... Read Full Quote
There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid ... Read Full Quote
My friend is one... who take me for what I am. ... Read Full Quote
Do not despair of life. Think of the fox, prowling in a ... Read Full Quote
Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your ... Read Full Quote
No one is so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. ... Read Full Quote
Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life We ... Read Full Quote
We are sometimes made aware of a kindness long passed, ... Read Full Quote
One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend ... Read Full Quote
Government never furthered any enterprise but the alacr ... Read Full Quote
What is called genius is the abundance of life and heal ... Read Full Quote
In wildness is the preservation of the world. - from Wa ... Read Full Quote
What is a country without rabbits and partridges They a ... Read Full Quote
I have lived some thirty-odd years on this planet, and ... Read Full Quote
We seem but to linger in manhood to tell the dreams of ... Read Full Quote
There is no remedy for love but to love more. ... Read Full Quote
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberate ... Read Full Quote
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. ... Read Full Quote
The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend ... Read Full Quote
Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but ... Read Full Quote
To affect the quality of the day that is the art of lif ... Read Full Quote
The man for whom law exists -- the man of forms, the Co ... Read Full Quote
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when ... Read Full Quote
I have learned this at least by my experiment that if o ... Read Full Quote
The cost of a things is the amount of what I call life ... Read Full Quote
Time is but the stream I go a-fishin in. I drink at it, ... Read Full Quote
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of ea ... Read Full Quote
A man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ign ... Read Full Quote
I hear many condemn these men because they were so few. ... Read Full Quote
How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our ac ... Read Full Quote
I stand in awe of my body. ... Read Full Quote
I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a mome ... Read Full Quote
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him ... Read Full Quote
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much ... Read Full Quote
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams Live the ... Read Full Quote
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not s ... Read Full Quote
Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky a ... Read Full Quote
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. ... Read Full Quote
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do righ ... Read Full Quote
In what concerns you much, do not think that you have c ... Read Full Quote
Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when yo ... Read Full Quote
Live each season as it passes breathe the air, drink th ... Read Full Quote
What people say you cannot do, you try and find that yo ... Read Full Quote
What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerab ... Read Full Quote
Water is the only drink for a wise man. ... Read Full Quote
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follow ... Read Full Quote
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on f ... Read Full Quote
Man is the artificer of his own happiness. ... Read Full Quote
He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul ... Read Full Quote
Things do not change we change. ... Read Full Quote
Every man is the builder of a temple called his body. ... Read Full Quote
I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothe ... Read Full Quote
How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the ... Read Full Quote
Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often ... Read Full Quote