Quotes about Henry David Thoreau

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

#Henry David Thoreau

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

#Henry David Thoreau

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

#Henry David Thoreau

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for...

#Henry David Thoreau

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

#Henry David Thoreau

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

#Henry David Thoreau

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

#Henry David Thoreau

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

#Henry David Thoreau

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

#Henry David Thoreau

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

#Henry David Thoreau

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

#Henry David Thoreau

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

#Henry David Thoreau