3,409 Quotes by Henry David Thoreau

Most people dread finding out when they come to die that they have never really lived.

Unless we do more than simply learn the trade of our time, we are but apprentices, and not yet masters of the art of life.

There is no doubt that the loftiest written wisdom is either rhymed or in some way musically measured,--is, in form as well as substance, poetry; and a volume which should contain the condensed wisdom of mankind need not have one rhythmless line.

I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.

It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain.

Nature is an admirable schoolmistress.

We are as much as we see. Faith is sight and knowledge. The hands only serve the eyes.

On every hand we observe a truly wise practice, in education, in morals, and in the arts of life, the embodied wisdom of many an ancient philosopher.

I have learned that even the smallest house can be a home.