'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

What is once well done is done forever.

What is once well done is done forever.

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...

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

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.

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

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

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

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...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

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...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches...

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches...

I need so much time for doing nothing that I have no time for work.

I need so much time for doing nothing that I have no time for work.

Who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure

Who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure