To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

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

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

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all...

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all...

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

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 hate the kindness which we understand.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

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.

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...

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

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...

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the...

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the...

The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights...

The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights...