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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Henry David Thoreau quotes about life

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

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Life consists with Wildness. The most alive is the wildest. Not yet subdued to man, its presence refreshes him. One who pressed forward incessantly and never rested from his labors, who grew fast and made infinite demands on life, would always find himself in a new country or wilderness, and surrounded by the raw material of life. He would be climbing over the prostrate stems of primitive forest trees. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "I do not know how to distinguish between waking life and a..."
I do not know how to distinguish between waking life and a dream. Are we not always living the life that we imagine we are? Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Live the life you've dreamed."
Live the life you've dreamed. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake."
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. Henry David Thoreau
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. Henry David Thoreau
If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to be deluded, life, to compare it with such things as we know, would be like a fairty tale from the Arabian Nights' Entertainments. Henry David Thoreau
Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it. Henry David Thoreau
None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "The tragedy in a man’s life is what dies inside of him while..."
The tragedy in a man’s life is what dies inside of him while he lives. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Here is life, an experiment to a great extent untried by me."
Here is life, an experiment to a great extent untried by me. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Here is life, an experiment to a great extent untried by me;..."
Here is life, an experiment to a great extent untried by me; but it does not avail me that they have tried it. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "As to conforming outwardly and living your own life inwardly,..."
As to conforming outwardly and living your own life inwardly, I do not think much of that. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "What is called genius is the abundance of life and health."
What is called genius is the abundance of life and health. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Life in us is like the water in a river."
Life in us is like the water in a river. Henry David Thoreau
The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run. Henry David Thoreau

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