I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Finding Yourself Quotes, Self Discovery Quotes

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

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...

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

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

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

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

You may find your best friend or your worst enemy in yourself

You may find your best friend or your worst enemy in yourself

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...