221 Quotes By Henry David Thoreau


I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.
Henry David Thoreau on death

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.
Henry David Thoreau on design

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau on dreams

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
Henry David Thoreau on dreams

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau on dreams

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.
Henry David Thoreau on dreams

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau on dreams

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
Henry David Thoreau on dreams

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau on dreams

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
Henry David Thoreau on environmental

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
Henry David Thoreau on experience

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.
Henry David Thoreau on faith

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.
Henry David Thoreau on faith

Faith never makes a confession.
Henry David Thoreau on faith

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.
Henry David Thoreau on family

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
Henry David Thoreau on fear

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
Henry David Thoreau on friendship

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
Henry David Thoreau on friendship

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
Henry David Thoreau on friendship

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.
Henry David Thoreau on friendship