Should not every apartment in which man dwells be lofty enough to create some obscurity overhead, where flickering shadows may play at evening about the rafters? Henry David Thoreau More Quotes by Henry David Thoreau More Quotes From Henry David Thoreau Do not despair of life. Think of the fox, prowling in a winter night to satisfy his hunger. His race survives I do not believe any of them ever committed suicide. Henry David Thoreau Do the BEST with your Life for the REST of your Life! Henry David Thoreau Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. Henry David Thoreau Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech. Henry David Thoreau Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his life. Henry David Thoreau However mean your life is, meet it and live it do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are the richest. Henry David Thoreau I have learned this at least by my experiment: if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau I have lived some thirty-odd years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors. Henry David Thoreau I have never found a companion so companionable as solitude. Henry David Thoreau I hear many condemn these men because they were so few. When were the good and the braver every in a majority Henry David Thoreau I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau If the day and the night are such that you greet them with with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, more elastic, more starry, more immortal--that is your success. Henry David Thoreau In dreams we see ourselves naked and acting our real characters, even more clearly than we see others awake. Henry David Thoreau In the long run you only hit what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high. Henry David Thoreau In the long run, you hit only what you aim at: Therefore aim high. Henry David Thoreau In wilderness is the preservation of the world. Henry David Thoreau It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. Henry David Thoreau It takes two to speak the truth--one to speak and the other to hear. Henry David Thoreau It takes two to speak truth - One to speak, and another to hear. Henry David Thoreau Life should begin with age and its privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and its capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages. Henry David Thoreau
