Quotes by Henry David Thoreau

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

#Henry David Thoreau

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

#Henry David Thoreau

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

#Henry David Thoreau

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

#Henry David Thoreau

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

#Henry David Thoreau

Simplify, simplify.

#Henry David Thoreau

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

#Henry David Thoreau

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

#Henry David Thoreau

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

#Henry David Thoreau

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

#Henry David Thoreau

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

#Henry David Thoreau

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

#Henry David Thoreau