Quotes from Henry David Thoreau
One generation abandons the enterprises of another like stranded vessels.
- Henry David Thoreau
Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.
- Henry David Thoreau
Goodness is the only investment which never fails.
- Henry David Thoreau
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.
- Henry David Thoreau
Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.
- Henry David Thoreau
We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.
- Henry David Thoreau
Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.
- Henry David Thoreau
When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.
- Henry David Thoreau
If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
- Henry David Thoreau
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
- Henry David Thoreau
The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.
- Henry David Thoreau
To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but to so love wisdom as to live according to its dictates a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust
- Henry David Thoreau