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- “I 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.”
- “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden.
- “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
- “How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.” ― Henry David Thoreau.
- Simplify your life. Don't waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don't burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have.
- It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see. Henry David Thoreau.
- Think for yourself, or others will think for you without thinking of you. Henry David Thoreau. Thinking Of You, Thinking, Think For Yourself.
- What would human life be without forests, those natural cities? Henry David Thoreau. Nature, Cities, Climate.
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45 of the best book quotes from Henry David Thoreau. 01. “In other words, when a sixth of the population of a nation which has undertaken to be the refuge of liberty are slaves, and a whole country is unjustly overrun and conquered by a foreign army, and subjected to military law, I think that it is not too soon for honest men to rebel and ...
- It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. 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.
- Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. Henry David Thoreau.
- Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.
- I 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.
- I suppose that what in other men is religion is in me love of nature.
- Men invite the devil in at every angle and then prate about the garden of Eden and the fall of man.
- There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
Jun 27, 2023 · Below are Thoreau’s choicest quotes on the power of reading and how to choose good books. “How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.”. “Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.”. “The book exists for us perchance which will explain our miracles and reveal new ones.
The Henry D. Thoreau Mis-Quotation Page. quotations misquoted or erroneously attributed to Henry D. Thoreau. Please report errors to The Walden Woods Project Library. Thoreau is one of the most quoted American authors. His books, essays, and journals include poignant, poetic, provocative, and timeless observations on all….
