Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Mankind Quotes, Poetry Quotes, Speech Quotes

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

There is no remedy for love but to love more

There is no remedy for love but to love more

Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant...

Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant...

What I need to live has been given to me by the earth. Why I...

What I need to live has been given to me by the earth. Why I...

And I retired isolated in my corner of world again, seeking to understand what is...

And I retired isolated in my corner of world again, seeking to understand what is...