Author Detail for Henry David Thoreau (28 Quotes)

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1 Henry David Thoreau Literature Books Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
2 Henry David Thoreau Literature Aspiration Happy are those who dream dreams, and are willing to pay the price to make them reality.
3 Henry David Thoreau Literature Focus There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
4 Henry David Thoreau General Progression I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
5 Henry David Thoreau General Freedom I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, that to be crowded on a velvet cushion.
6 Henry David Thoreau General Humility Humility, like darkness, reveals the heavenly lights.
7 Henry David Thoreau General Money Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.
8 Henry David Thoreau Literature Philosophy To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts; but so to love wisdom as to live by its dictates.
9 Henry David Thoreau General Dreams If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
10 Henry David Thoreau Religion Example If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
11 Henry David Thoreau General Time As if you could kill time without injuring eternity!
12 Henry David Thoreau General Home Only that traveling is good which reveals to me the value of home, and enables me to enjoy it better.
13 Henry David Thoreau General Patience It is the slowest pulsation which is the most vital. The hero will then know how to wait as well as to make haste. All good abides with him who waiteth wisely.
14 Henry David Thoreau General Patience All good abides with him who waiteth wisely.
15 Henry David Thoreau General Self Esteem Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared to our private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates his fate.
16 Henry David Thoreau General Dreams Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
17 Henry David Thoreau General Conformance 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 which he hears, however measured or far away.
18 Henry David Thoreau General Nature But here on the stream...Nature, who is superior to all styles and ages, is now, with pensive face, composing her poem autumn.
19 Henry David Thoreau General Integrity Associate reverently, and as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.
20 Henry David Thoreau Art Nature Nature is a greater and more perfect art, the art of God; Referred to herself, she is genius...Our art leaves its shavings and its dust about; her art exhibits itself even in the shavings and the dust which we make.
21 Henry David Thoreau General Dreams I learned this, at least...That if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary - new universal and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws expanded...and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings.
22 Henry David Thoreau General Thought He is the rich man and enjoys the fruits of riches, who summer and winter forever can find delight in his own thoughts.
23 Henry David Thoreau General Work The forms of beauty fall naturally around the path of him who is in the performance of his proper work.
24 Henry David Thoreau General Success Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
25 Henry David Thoreau Humor Professionalism Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
26 Henry David Thoreau General Conformance The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.
27 Henry David Thoreau General Progression It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is "What are we busy about"?
28 Henry David Thoreau General Frugality That man is the richest whos pleasures are cheapest.