
List of quotes from Henry David Thoreau
"My friend is one... who take me for what I am."
by Henry David Thoreau
"Heroes are often the most ordinary of men."
by Henry David Thoreau
"Petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of reality."
by Henry David Thoreau Walden
"The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly."
by Henry David Thoreau Walden
"Be not simply good - be good for something."
by Henry David Thoreau
"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live."
by Henry David Thoreau
"Things do not change; we change."
by Henry David Thoreau
"Many go fishing without knowing it is fish they are after."
by Henry David Thoreau
"In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world."
by Henry David Thoreau
"Goodness is the only investment that never fails."
by Henry David Thoreau Walden: Higher Laws
"Be true to your work, your word, and your friend."
by Henry David Thoreau