I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

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

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

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

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...

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and Spring. If there is no response...

Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and Spring. If there is no response...

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of...

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of...

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least...

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least...