Quotes Henry David Thoreau

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they ...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look throu...

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes....

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who ...

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clot...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They...

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, u...

Dreams are the touchstones of our character....

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and ...

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows rel...

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfe...

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances....

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I ...

Faith never makes a confession....

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind t...

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, ...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it i...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the lif...

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view ...

Goodness is the only investment that never fails....

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame amon...

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads....