Henry David Thoreau Quotes

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings

Henry David Thoreau

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man

Henry David Thoreau

To be awake is to be alive

Henry David Thoreau

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health

Henry David Thoreau

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star

Henry David Thoreau

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear

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

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?

Henry David Thoreau

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?

Henry David Thoreau

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances

Henry David Thoreau

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready

Henry David Thoreau

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual

Henry David Thoreau

The bluebird carries the sky on his back

Henry David Thoreau

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest

Henry David Thoreau

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know

Henry David Thoreau

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it

Henry David Thoreau