A written word is the choicest of relics.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUOnly that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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I love to be alone.
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
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What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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If you want to be happy, be!
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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
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Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.
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