Henry David Thoreau quotes

There is no treatment for adore, but to love far more. (Henry David Thoreau)
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
Things do not change; we change. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it. View quote
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. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root. (Henry David Thoreau)
Goodness is the only investment that never fails. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
The world is but a canvas to the imagination. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? View quote
Henry David Thoreau
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. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
Men have become the tools of their tools. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. (Henry David Thoreau)
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
In wilderness is the preservation of the world. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. View quote
Henry David Thoreau