The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

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.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

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.

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

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...

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...

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.