Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the...

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the...

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

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...

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

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 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...

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...

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.