Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Henry David Thoreau on earth
“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
Henry David Thoreau98 quotes · See all
More from Henry David Thoreau
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau A written word is the choicest of relics.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau
Original quotes
From our community writers
My heart keeps room for you always even when you can’t be here.
Holly DuxburyHolly Duxbury You are seeing humanity at its worst and best. A collision of the circumstance.
Samantha King HolmesSamantha King Holmes Treat her like a dream. Follow her, pursue her, and always remind her that you’ll never give up on her.
Jenny AJenny A I care but I’m done trying. I love but I’m done showing.
Divya khandalDivya khandal Never feel defined by your size, measures, and beauty standards.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson The wild is always changing like a reminder. You do not have to be the same to be beautiful.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura Bees and butterflies in my belly with you on my mind they chase each other around.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh I long for you but you long for someone else, I deny the one who wants me cause I want someone else.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur
Meet the writers
More on earth
Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.
George CarlinGeorge Carlin If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.
Galileo GalileiGalileo Galilei If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan Gospel music is the purest thing there is on this earth.
Elvis PresleyElvis Presley Hope is a powerful weapon, and no one power on earth can deprive you of.
Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela Man is not on the earth solely for his own happiness. He is there to realize great things for humanity.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso The earth, in fair and grateful exchange, pays back to the moon an illumination similar to that which it receives from her throughout nearly all the darkest gloom of the night.
Galileo GalileiGalileo Galilei