Henry David Thoreau Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Henry David Thoreau quotes, Henry David Thoreau sayings, and Henry David Thoreau proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

But, commonly, men are as much afraid of love as of hate. Henry David Thoreau
It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his faith. Henry David Thoreau
It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate. Henry David Thoreau
There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself. Henry David Thoreau
What are the natural features which make a township handsome? A river, with its waterfalls and meadows, a lake, a hill, a cliff or individual rocks, a forest, and ancient trees standing singly. Such things are beautiful; they have a high use which dollars and cents never represent. Henry David Thoreau
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. Henry David Thoreau
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around. Henry David Thoreau
Make no mistake, without Hinduism, India has no future. Henry David Thoreau
Hinduism is the soil into which India's roots are stuck and torn out of that she will inevitably wither as a tree torn out from its place. Henry David Thoreau
If India's own children do not cling to her faith, who shall guard it? India alone can save India and India and Hinduism are one. Henry David Thoreau
I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness. Henry David Thoreau
The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency. Henry David Thoreau
The lawyer’s truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency. Henry David Thoreau
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. Henry David Thoreau
It's not enough to be busy...The question is: What are we busy about? Henry David Thoreau
Never look back unless you are planning to go that way. Henry David Thoreau
There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love. Henry David Thoreau
Waves of a serene life pass over us from time to time, like flakes of sunlight over the fields in cloudy weather. Henry David Thoreau
Our life is frittered away by detail...Simplify, simplify. Henry David Thoreau
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler. Henry David Thoreau
Even the best things are not equal to their fame. Henry David Thoreau
The question is not what you look at—but how you look and whether you see. Henry David Thoreau
What's the need of visiting far-off mountains and bogs, if a half-hour's walk will carry me into such wildness and novelty. Henry David Thoreau
A man's health requires as many acres of meadow to his prospect as his farm does loads of muck. Henry David Thoreau
When the spring stirs my blood / With the instinct to travel, / I can't get enough gravel / On the old Marlborough Road. Henry David Thoreau
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau
Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and Spring. If there is no response in you to the awakening of nature, if the prospect of an early morning walk does not banish sleep, if the warble of the first bluebird does not thrill you, know that the morning and spring of your life are past. Thus you may feel your pulse. Henry David Thoreau
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. Henry David Thoreau
There are two seasons when the leaves are in their glory, their green and perfect youth in June, and this their ripe old age. Henry David Thoreau
As I go through the woods now, so many oak and other leaves have fallen the rustling noise somewhat disturbs my musing. Henry David Thoreau