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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Henry David Thoreau quotes about alone

American Author, Writer July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862

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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so..."
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. Henry David Thoreau
It is not that we love to be alone, but that we love to soar, and when we do soar, the company grows thinner and thinner until there is none at all. …We are not the less to aim at the summits though the multitude does not ascend them. Henry David Thoreau
I have heard of a man lost in the woods and dying of famine and exhaustion at the foot of a tree, whose loneliness was relieved by the grotesque visions with which, owing to bodily weakness, his diseased imagination surrounded him, and which he believed to be real. So also, owing to bodily and mental health and strength, we may be continually cheered by a like but more normal and natural society, and come to know that we are never alone. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is..."
There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone. Henry David Thoreau
The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait until that other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels..."
The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready. Henry David Thoreau
I am no more lonely than the loon in the pond that laughs so loud, or than Walden Pond itself. What company has that lonely lake, I pray? And yet it has not the blue devils, but the blue angels in it, in the azure tint of its waters. The sun is alone, except in thick weather, when there sometimes appear to be two, but one is a mock sun. God is alone, - but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "God is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone; he..."
God is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion. Henry David Thoreau
To be alone was something unpleasant. But I was at the same time conscious of a slight insanity in my mood, and seemed to foresee my recovery. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "In what concerns you much, do not think that you have..."
In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "As if there were safety in stupidity alone."
As if there were safety in stupidity alone. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he..."
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can..."
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. Henry David Thoreau

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