152 quotes by Henry David Thoreau

“Things do not change; we change.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Men are born to succeed, not to fail.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“That government is best which governs least.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Simplify, simplify.” — Henry David Thoreau

Source:Walden; or, Life in the Woods. 1854. Book.

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“What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“The perception of beauty is a moral test.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Make the most of your regrets never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.” — Henry David Thoreau

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