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

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man.

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

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...

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest...

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

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

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

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to...

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to...

Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.