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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.

Henry David Thoreau
Wise, Book, Reading
Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.24, Yale University Press

He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.

Henry David Thoreau
Inspirational, Motivational, Work
Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.83, Heron Dance Press

Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe.

Henry David Thoreau
Water, Paddling, Canoeing
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.666, Delphi Classics

Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality.

Henry David Thoreau
Respect, Self, Sobriety

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Henry David Thoreau
Atmosphere, May, Aroma
Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Thoreau on Nature: Sage Words on Finding Harmony with the Natural World”, p.16, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

We are happy in proportion to the things we can do without.

Henry David Thoreau
Simplicity, Less Is More, Proportion

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

Henry David Thoreau
Love, Lonely, Men
Henry David Thoreau (1995). “Walden, Or, Life in the Woods”, p.88, Courier Corporation

An ordinary man will work every day for a year at shoveling dirt to support his body, or a family of bodies; but he is an extraordinary man who will work a whole day in a year for the support of his soul. Even the priests, men of God, so called, for the most part confess that they work for the support of the body.

Henry David Thoreau
Men, Years, Support
Henry David Thoreau (1894). “The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: With Bibliographical Introductions and Full Indexes”

It is reasonable that a man should be something worthier at the end of the year than he was at the beginning.

Henry David Thoreau
Men, Years, Ends
Henry David Thoreau, Steve Grant (2005). “Daily Observations: Thoreau on the Days of the Year”, p.21, Univ of Massachusetts Press

Love must be as much a light as it is a flame.

Henry David Thoreau
Love, Romantic, Soulmate
Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Thoreau on Nature: Sage Words on Finding Harmony with the Natural World”, p.42, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Henry David Thoreau
Flower, Rose, Literature
Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.73, Heron Dance Press

Go not to the object; let the object come to you.

Henry David Thoreau
Revelations, Objects

It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination

Henry David Thoreau
Marriage, Nature, Creativity
Henry David Thoreau (1999). “Material Faith: Thoreau on Science”, p.27, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.

Henry David Thoreau
Nature, Believe, Yield
Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.59, Heron Dance Press

One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something.

Henry David Thoreau
Inspirational, Life, Generosity

Wealth can't buy heath, but heath can buy wealth.

Henry David Thoreau
Fortune Cookie, Wealth

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

Henry David Thoreau
Good Morning, Nature, Get Well Soon
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.107, BookBaby

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

Henry David Thoreau
Happiness, Success, Hope
Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.395, Yale University Press

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.

Henry David Thoreau
Life, Peace, Simple
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.88, BookBaby

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

Henry David Thoreau
Freedom, Patriotic, Government

A bore is someone who takes away my solitude and doesn't give me companionship in return.

Henry David Thoreau
Giving, Solitude, Return

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Henry David Thoreau
Witty, Work, Humorous
1854 Walden, or Life in the Woods,'Economy'.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.

Henry David Thoreau
Reading, Book, Beer
1849 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers,'Sunday'.

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

Henry David Thoreau
People, Literature, Suits
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.486, Simon and Schuster

I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit.

Henry David Thoreau
Woods, Spirit, Sauntering
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.395, Penguin

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