The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

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...

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...

There is no remedy for love but to love more

There is no remedy for love but to love more

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

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

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

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

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.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I...

If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I...

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever...

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever...