Henry David Thoreau Quotes - Page 2

American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
– Henry David Thoreau

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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
– Henry David Thoreau

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

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The lawyer’s truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
– Henry David Thoreau

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Things do not change; we change.
– Henry David Thoreau

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Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.
– Henry David Thoreau

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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

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The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men.
– Henry David Thoreau

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

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Not till we are completely lost or turned around… do we begin to find ourselves.
– Henry David Thoreau

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This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.
– Henry David Thoreau

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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
– Henry David Thoreau

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The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.
– Henry David Thoreau

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Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
– Henry David Thoreau

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Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
– Henry David Thoreau

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I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in its gradual improvement to leave off eating animals.
– Henry David Thoreau

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Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
– Henry David Thoreau

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You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one.
– Henry David Thoreau

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

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

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