Henry David Thoreau Quotes Page 2
Best 49 Quotes by Henry David Thoreau – Page 2 of 2
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.”
“One should always be on the trail of one's own deepest nature. For it is the fearless living out of your own essential nature that connects you to the divine.”
“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.”
“Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.”
“That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.”
“The greatest art is to shape the quality of the day.”
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
“The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.”
“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”
“This curious world we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it is more to be admired and enjoyed than used.”
“This world is but canvas to our imaginations.”
“To be awake is to be alive.”
“We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.”
“We are constantly invited to be what we are.”
“We hear and apprehend only what we already half know.”
“What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.”
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