3,409 Quotes by Henry David Thoreau

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

I know more of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the dark to our success.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined.

With all your science - can you tell how it is, and whence it is, that light comes into the soul?

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined.

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of each.

The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling.

Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.