Quotes

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” Henry David Thoreau

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

“Things do not change; we change.” Henry David Thoreau

“There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.” Henry David Thoreau

“True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.” Henry David Thoreau

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

“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” Henry David Thoreau

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

“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. Henry David Thoreau” Henry David Thoreau

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” Henry David Thoreau

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” Henry David Thoreau

“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” Henry David Thoreau

“This world is but a canvas to our imagination.” Henry David Thoreau

“Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?” Henry David Thoreau

“Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.” Henry David Thoreau

“In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.” Henry David Thoreau

“There is no remedy for love but to love more.” Henry David Thoreau

“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” Henry David Thoreau

“Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.” Henry David Thoreau

“I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” Henry David Thoreau

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” Henry David Thoreau

“Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.” Henry David Thoreau

“That government is best which governs least.” Henry David Thoreau

“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

“Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.” Henry David Thoreau

“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” Henry David Thoreau

“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.” Henry David Thoreau

“Be not simply good - be good for something.” Henry David Thoreau

“Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.” Henry David Thoreau

“It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.” Henry David Thoreau