Henry David Thoreau Quotes

American - Author | July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

Henry David Thoreau

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

Henry David Thoreau

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Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Henry David Thoreau

LostUnderstandBeginOurselves

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

Henry David Thoreau

LifeLiveWoodsFactsLearnDie

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

Henry David Thoreau

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Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Henry David Thoreau

SuccessLookingBusyWhoThoseToo

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

Henry David Thoreau

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Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Henry David Thoreau

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It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are... than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise.

Henry David Thoreau

CloudsThinkBetterYouParadise

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Henry David Thoreau

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I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.

Henry David Thoreau

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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

Henry David Thoreau

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