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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

1. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”
2. “Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”
3. “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.”
4. “Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.”
5. “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.”
6. “The world is but a canvas to our imagination.”
7. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
8. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
9. “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
10. “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”
11. “As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.”
12. “The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”
13. “Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.”
14. “Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.”
15. “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
16. “Dreams are the touchstones of our character.”
17. “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.”
18. “Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”
19. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
20. “It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?”
21. “The language of friendship is not words, but meanings.”
22. “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”
23. “The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.”
24. “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.”
25. “Be not simply good; be good for something.”
26. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”
27. “Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life.”
28. “What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.”
29. “I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
30. “There is no remedy for love but to love more.”
31. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
32. “I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”
33. “If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. However, do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see.”
34. “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
35. “Things do not change; we change.”
36. “You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.”
37. “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”
38. “It’s not until we lose everything that we’re free to do anything.”
39. “What you call knowledge is an accumulation of facts and information. What you call understanding is the quality of your mind to discern the truth.”
40. “I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in a day.”
41. “Men have become the tools of their tools.”
42. “The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.”
43. “Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.”
44. “The world is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
45. “The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
46. “It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?”
47. “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.”
48. “The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”
49. “It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.”
50. “As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.”
51. “You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.”
52. “The language of friendship is not words but meanings.”
53. “If I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior.”
54. “Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.”
55. “I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
56. “Under a government which imprisons unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.”
57. “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.”
58. “The man who goes alone can start today, but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.”
59. “It is never too late to give up your prejudices.”
60. “The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.”
61. “The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.”
62. “The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.”
63. “To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.”
64. “We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.”
65. “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
66. “Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”
67. “If a man loses 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.”
68. “The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free.”
69. “How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
70. “Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.”
71. “There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”
72. “The true harvest of my life is intangible – a little stardust caught, a portion of the rainbow I have clutched.”
73. “Aim above morality. Be not simply good, but good for something.”
74. “The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think is right.”
75. “I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.”
76. “If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see.”
77. “What is once well done is done forever.”
78. “The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
79. “Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.”
80. “It is never too late to give up your prejudices.”
81. “I do not wish to take life, but to give it.”
82. “The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought and attended to my answer.”
83. “An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest.”
84. “The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening.”
85. “If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. However, do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see.”
86. “It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?”
87. “Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.”
88. “Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
89. “I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.”
90. “The only medicine I need is a draught of morning air.”
91. “What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.”
92. “The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
93. “Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.”
94. “I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”
95. “The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”
96. “How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living?”
97. “The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”
98. “Goodness is the only investment that never fails.”
99. “The language of friendship is not words, but meanings.”
100. “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.”

Henry David Thoreau Quotes – Quotes to inspire and guide your journey towards a purposeful life. Dive into the wisdom of Thoreau as he encourages us to live deliberately, simplify, and pursue our dreams. Discover the beauty of nature, the importance of solitude, and the power of self-reflection. Let Thoreau’s words ignite your passion and remind you that the true wealth lies in living a life true to yourself. Embrace his teachings and embark on a journey of self-discovery, mindfulness, and meaningful living. Explore the depths of your soul, and with each step, become the person you were destined to be.
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