Henry David Thoreau Short Quotes

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As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

Henry David Thoreau
The universe is wider than our views of it.

Henry David Thoreau
Be it life or death, we crave only reality.

Henry David Thoreau
The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot.

Henry David Thoreau
The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

Henry David Thoreau
The present is always younger than antiquity.

Henry David Thoreau
It is life near the bone where it is sweetest.

Henry David Thoreau
It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

Henry David Thoreau
If Nature is our mother, then God is our father.

Henry David Thoreau
But lo! men have become the tools of their tools.

Henry David Thoreau
We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us.

Henry David Thoreau
Do not engage to find things as you think they are.

Henry David Thoreau
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Henry David Thoreau
The eye may see for the hand, but not for the mind.

Henry David Thoreau
Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.

Henry David Thoreau
Whate'er we leave to God, God does
And blesses us.

Henry David Thoreau
Eastward I go only by force; but westward I go free.

Henry David Thoreau
Truly the stars were given for a consolation to man.

Henry David Thoreau
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Henry David Thoreau
Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me.

Henry David Thoreau
Any fool can make a rule
And any fool will mind it.

Henry David Thoreau
That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

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

Henry David Thoreau
All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy.

Henry David Thoreau
Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

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

Henry David Thoreau
The unconsciousness of man is the consciousness of God.

Henry David Thoreau
It is a wild rank place, and there is no flattery in it.

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In the heavens there are rivers of stars and milky ways.

Henry David Thoreau
When asked about life after death:
One world at a time.

Henry David Thoreau