Henry David Thoreau Quotes
American essayist and philosopher who lived simply at Walden Pond. Thoreau's Walden and Civil Disobedience celebrate nature, conscience and marching to your own drummer. Below are 16 of the most loved Henry David Thoreau quotes, chosen from across their works and letters. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
In the morning of my life I discover that all of nature is a metaphor of the human mind.
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
All good things are wild and free.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.