The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Live the life you've dreamed.

Live the life you've dreamed.

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...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor...

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor...

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being...

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being...

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

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...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

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...

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

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...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

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...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...