Quotes from Henry David Thoreau
My profession is to always find God in nature.
- Henry David Thoreau
My profession is to be always on the alert to find God in nature, to know his lurking-places, to attend all the oratorios, the operas in nature.
- Henry David Thoreau
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
- Henry David Thoreau
It's only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God.
- Henry David Thoreau
God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us.
- Henry David Thoreau
God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator.
- Henry David Thoreau
God is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion.
- Henry David Thoreau
Bribed with a little sunlight and a few prismatic tints, we bless our Maker, and stave off his wrath with hymns.
- Henry David Thoreau
When you travel to the Celestial City, carry no letter of introduction. When you knock, ask to see God,--none of the servants.
- Henry David Thoreau
It is not when I am going to meet him, but when I am just turning away and leaving him alone, that I discover what God is. I say, God. I am not sure that that is the name. You will know what I mean.
- Henry David Thoreau
Blessed are they who never read a newspaper, for they shall see Nature, and through her, God.
- Henry David Thoreau
One piece of good sense would be more memorable than a monument as high as the moon.
- Henry David Thoreau