3,409 Quotes by Henry David Thoreau

He who walks alone, waits for no-one.

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.

What men call social virtue, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other warm

Men have a singular desire to be good without being good for anything, because, perchance, they think vaguely that so it will be good for them in the end.

When one man has reduced a fact of the imagination to be a fact to his understanding, I foresee that all men will at length establish their lives on that basis.

Nature spontaneously keeps us well. Do not resist her!

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.

To be awake is to be completely alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.

The secret of achievement is to hold a picture of a successful outcome in mind.