Henry David Thoreau Quotes

That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.

Henry David Thoreau

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Henry David Thoreau

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

Henry David Thoreau

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

Henry David Thoreau

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the law free.

Henry David Thoreau

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

Henry David Thoreau

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Henry David Thoreau

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.

Henry David Thoreau

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.

Henry David Thoreau

What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

Henry David Thoreau

Goodness is the only investment which never fails.

Henry David Thoreau

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Henry David Thoreau

If you have built castles in the air; your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Henry David Thoreau

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Henry David Thoreau

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined.

Henry David Thoreau
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