Quotes by Henry David Thoreau

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

#Inventions

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

#Dreams, #Inspirational, #Life

In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the...

#Literature

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

#Miracles

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

#Music, #Relationships

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

#Adversity, #Music

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

#Money, #Soul

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

#Poverty

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

#Opportunity, #Relationships, #Truth

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

#Poverty, #Wealth

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

#Poverty

He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in...

#Past