Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau: I went to...

Henry David Thoreau: I went to...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I...

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Henry David Thoreau: If I were...

Henry David Thoreau: If I were...

If I were confined to a corner of a garret all my days, like a spider, the world would be just as large to me while I...

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Henry David Thoreau: Goodness is the...

Henry David Thoreau: Goodness is the...

Goodness is the only investment which never fails.

Source: Walden, Higher Laws,...

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Henry David Thoreau: That government is...

Henry David Thoreau: That government is...

That government is best which governs least.

Source: From Ashleys collection of...

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Henry David Thoreau: To affect the...

Henry David Thoreau: To affect the...

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its...

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Henry David Thoreau: Time is but...

Henry David Thoreau: Time is but...

Time is but the stream I go a-fishin in. I drink at it, but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how...

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Henry David Thoreau: Associate reverently, as...

Henry David Thoreau: Associate reverently, as...

Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.

Source: In...

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Henry David Thoreau: If we knew...

Henry David Thoreau: If we knew...

If we knew all the laws of Nature, we should need only one fact, or the description of one actual phenomenon, to infer...

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Henry David Thoreau: Live your beliefs...

Henry David Thoreau: Live your beliefs...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Source: From Journey in Word,...

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Henry David Thoreau: I once had...

Henry David Thoreau: I once had...

I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I...

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Henry David Thoreau: Books are the...

Henry David Thoreau: Books are the...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

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Henry David Thoreau: Men are probably...

Henry David Thoreau: Men are probably...

Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science.

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Henry David Thoreau: If the fairest...

Henry David Thoreau: If the fairest...

If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men...

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Henry David Thoreau: Things do not...

Henry David Thoreau: Things do not...

Things do not change: we change.

Source: From Journey in Word, ed. Cyndi Craven; an...

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Henry David Thoreau: Humility like darkness...

Henry David Thoreau: Humility like darkness...

Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

Source: Walden, 1854.
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Henry David Thoreau: Only that day...

Henry David Thoreau: Only that day...

Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning...

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Henry David Thoreau: Money is not...

Henry David Thoreau: Money is not...

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Source: In Correct Quotes...

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Henry David Thoreau: It is a...

Henry David Thoreau: It is a...

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Source: Walden,...

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Henry David Thoreau: All good things...

Henry David Thoreau: All good things...

All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.

Source: In Correct Quotes for...

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Henry David Thoreau: Only the defeated...

Henry David Thoreau: Only the defeated...

Only the defeated and deserters go to war.

Source: Walden, 1854.
-- Henry David...

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