Top 25 Quotes by Henry David Thoreau of 2776 - Page 6

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.

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.

Henry David Thoreau

Wise, Book, Reading

Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.24, Yale University Press

He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.

Henry David Thoreau

Inspirational, Motivational, Work

Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.83, Heron Dance Press

Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe.

Henry David Thoreau

Water, Paddling, Canoeing

Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.666, Delphi Classics

Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality.

Henry David Thoreau

Respect, Self, Sobriety

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Henry David Thoreau

Atmosphere, May, Aroma

Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Thoreau on Nature: Sage Words on Finding Harmony with the Natural World”, p.16, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

We are happy in proportion to the things we can do without.

Henry David Thoreau

Simplicity, Less Is More, Proportion

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

Henry David Thoreau

Love, Lonely, Men

Henry David Thoreau (1995). “Walden, Or, Life in the Woods”, p.88, Courier Corporation

An ordinary man will work every day for a year at shoveling dirt to support his body, or a family of bodies; but he is an extraordinary man who will work a whole day in a year for the support of his soul. Even the priests, men of God, so called, for the most part confess that they work for the support of the body.

Henry David Thoreau

Men, Years, Support

Henry David Thoreau (1894). “The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: With Bibliographical Introductions and Full Indexes”

It is reasonable that a man should be something worthier at the end of the year than he was at the beginning.

Henry David Thoreau

Men, Years, Ends

Henry David Thoreau, Steve Grant (2005). “Daily Observations: Thoreau on the Days of the Year”, p.21, Univ of Massachusetts Press

Love must be as much a light as it is a flame.

Henry David Thoreau

Love, Romantic, Soulmate

Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Thoreau on Nature: Sage Words on Finding Harmony with the Natural World”, p.42, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Henry David Thoreau

Flower, Rose, Literature

Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.73, Heron Dance Press

Go not to the object; let the object come to you.

Henry David Thoreau

Revelations, Objects

It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination

Henry David Thoreau

Marriage, Nature, Creativity

Henry David Thoreau (1999). “Material Faith: Thoreau on Science”, p.27, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.

Henry David Thoreau

Nature, Believe, Yield

Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.59, Heron Dance Press

One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something.

Henry David Thoreau

Inspirational, Life, Generosity

Wealth can't buy heath, but heath can buy wealth.

Henry David Thoreau

Fortune Cookie, Wealth

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

Henry David Thoreau

Good Morning, Nature, Get Well Soon

Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.107, BookBaby

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

Henry David Thoreau

Happiness, Success, Hope

Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.395, Yale University Press

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.

Henry David Thoreau

Life, Peace, Simple

Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.88, BookBaby