Quotes from Henry David Thoreau
Many go fishing without knowing it is fish they are after.
- Henry David Thoreau
There were times when I could not afford to sacrifice the bloom of the present moment to any work, whether of the head or hand. I love a broad margin to my life.
- Henry David Thoreau
Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
- Henry David Thoreau
A book should contain pure discoveries, glimpses of terra firma, though by shipwrecked mariners, and not the art of navigation by those who have never been out of sight of land.
- Henry David Thoreau
Homeliness is almost as great a merit in a book as in a house, if the reader would abide there. It is next to beauty, and a very high art.
- Henry David Thoreau
Nature is mythical and mystical always, and works with the license and extravagance of genius. She has her luxurious and florid style as well as art.
- Henry David Thoreau
Art may varnish and gild, but it can do no more.
- Henry David Thoreau
But the eyes, though they are no sailors, will never be satisfied with any model, however fashionable, which does not answer all the requisitions of art.
- Henry David Thoreau
Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true meekness.
- Henry David Thoreau
The best way to correct a mistake is to make it right.
- Henry David Thoreau
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
- Henry David Thoreau
I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.
- Henry David Thoreau