To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but to so love wisdom as to live according to its dictates a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

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...

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to...

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to...

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

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...

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality.

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality.

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

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...

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

Success, in a generally accepted sense of the term, means the opportunity to experience and...

Success, in a generally accepted sense of the term, means the opportunity to experience and...

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he...

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he...