I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not...

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not...

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are......

It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are......

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Without God, you can do nothing. With God there is nothing you cannot do.

Without God, you can do nothing. With God there is nothing you cannot do.

Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.

Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated...

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated...