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Henry David Thoreau Quotes about Change

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Things do not change; we change.

Things do not change; we change.

Henry David Thoreau
Inspirational, Life, Change
Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.212, Cosimo, Inc.

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

Henry David Thoreau
Change, Workout, Thoughtful
Henry David Thoreau, Laura Ross (2009). “Walden, Or, Life in the Woods: Bold-faced Ideas for Living a Truly Transcendent Life”, p.421, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

All change is a miracle to contemplate, but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.

Henry David Thoreau
Change, Nature, Business
Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.250, Yale University Press

For the most part we allow only outlying and transient circumstances to make our occasions. They are, in fact, the cause of our distraction.

Henry David Thoreau
Change, Events, Causes
Henry David Thoreau (2016). “Walden”, p.97, Xist Publishing

We are independent of the change we detect. The longer the lever, the less perceptible its motion. It is the slowest pulsation which is the most vital. The hero then will know how to wait, as well as to make haste. All good abides with him who waiteth wisely; we shall sooner overtake the dawn by remaining here than by hurrying over the hills of the west.

Henry David Thoreau
Change, Patience, Hero
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.532, Simon and Schuster

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.

Henry David Thoreau
Change, Truth, Clothes
1854 Walden, or Life in the Woods,'Economy'.

So easy is it, though many housekeepers doubt it, to establish new and better customs in the place of the old.

Henry David Thoreau
Change, Doubt, Tradition
Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Walden and Civil Disobedience”, p.103, Xist Publishing

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Henry David Thoreau
Change, Workout, People
Henry David Thoreau (1995). “Walden, Or, Life in the Woods”, p.5, Courier Corporation

Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances.

Henry David Thoreau
Change, Animal, Men
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.187, Penguin

The largest pond is as sensitive to atmospheric changes as the globule of mercury in its tube.

Henry David Thoreau
Change, Lakes, Ponds
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.497, Delphi Classics

We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described.

Henry David Thoreau
Inspirational, Change, Influence
Henry David Thoreau (2011). “The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861”, p.489, New York Review of Books

Both place and time were changed, and I dwelt nearer to those parts of the universe and to those eras in history which had most attracted me.

Henry David Thoreau
Change, History, Eras
Henry David Thoreau (1995). “Walden: An Annotated Edition”, p.84, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Henry David Thoreau
Change, Workout, People
Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience: Top American Literary”, p.4, 谷月社

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