Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
HENRY DAVID THOREAURather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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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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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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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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A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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All good things are wild and free.
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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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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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