A Friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. Henry David Thoreau More Quotes by Henry David Thoreau More Quotes From Henry David Thoreau All good things are wild and free. Henry David Thoreau i-hate-youindependenceliberty Sweep away the clutter of things that complicate our lives. Henry David Thoreau clutteractionlife I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks - who had the genius, so to speak, for sauntering: which word is beautifully derived "from idle people who roved about the country, in the Middle Ages, and asked for charity, under the pretense of going à la Sainte Terre," to the Holy Land, till the children exclaimed, "There goes a Sainte-Terrer," a Saunterer, a Holy-Lander. Henry David Thoreau countrychildrenart We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bone. Henry David Thoreau bonesfleshblood Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant? Henry David Thoreau eyerelationshipkids The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment. Henry David Thoreau live-in-the-momenttwopast Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me. Henry David Thoreau naturedawnmorning If the work is high and far, Henry David Thoreau effortpositiveinspirational Goodness is the only investment that never fails. Henry David Thoreau bad-daybusinessintegrity I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite - only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. I am ready to try this for the next ten thousand years, and exhaust it. How sweet to think of! my extremities well charred, and my intellectual part too, so that there is no danger of worm or rot for a long while. My breath is sweet to me. O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment. Henry David Thoreau thanksgivingrunningsweet Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations. Henry David Thoreau realizingselfworld Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience. Henry David Thoreau ironcreativitywriting City life is millions of people being lonesome together. Henry David Thoreau citieslifepeople The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly. Henry David Thoreau qualitynaturehealing Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and spring. If there is no response in you to the awakening of nature -if the prospect of an early morning walk does not banish sleep, if the warble of the first bluebird does not thrill you -know that the morning and spring of your life are past. Thus may you feel your pulse. Henry David Thoreau sympathyinspirationallife When you knock, ask to see God — none of the servants. Henry David Thoreau servantasksgod Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. Henry David Thoreau clothessimplicitysimple The great art of life is how to turn the surplus life of the soul into life for the body. Henry David Thoreau soullifeart I think that every town should have a park, or rather a primitive forest, of five hundred or a thousand acres, either in one body or several, where a stick would never be cut for fuel, not for the navy, not to make wagons, but stand and decay for higher uses - a common possession for instruction and recreation. Henry David Thoreau cuttingshould-havethinking Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. Henry David Thoreau dreamlovelife
