Quotes from Henry David Thoreau

There is just as much beauty visible to us in the landscape as we are prepared to appreciate-- not a grain more

I feel as if my life had grown more outward when I can express it.

Per la maggior parte, noi siamo più soli quando usciamo tra gli uomini che quando restiamo in camera nostra. Un uomo che pensi o lavori è sempre solo – lasciatelo stare dove vuole. La solitudine non è misurata dalle miglia di distanza che si frappongono fra un uomo e il suo prossimo

Tokie jau rytdienos prigimitis - ji niekada neišaušta, genama vien laiko. Šviesa, kuri akina, mums atrodo kaip tamsa. Išaušta tik tas rytas, kuriame mes patys pabundame. Diena ateina po aušros. Saul? t?ra ryto žvaidžg?.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

Birds never sing in caves.

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy

We cannot conceive of a greater difference than between the life of one man and that of another.

I do not refuse the Blue-Pearmain, I fill my pockets on each side; and as I retrace my steps in the frosty eve, being perhaps four or five miles from home, I eat one first from this side, and then from that, to keep my balance. [17]

you must everywhere build on piles of your own driving.

I would fain keep sober always; and there are infinite degrees of drunkenness.

If a man has faith, he will co-operate with equal faith everywhere; if he has not faith, he will continue to live like the rest of the world, whatever company he is joined to.

Nothing was ever so unfamiliar and startling to a man as his own thoughts

When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.

I find by my own experience, a few implements, a knife, an axe, a spade, a wheelbarrow, etc., and for the studious, lamplight, stationery, and access to a few books, rank next to necessaries, and can all be obtained at a trifling cost.

Tenía tres sillas en mi casa; una para la soledad, dos para la amistad, tres para la compañía

I would rather sit in the open air, for no dust gathers on the grass, unless where man has broken ground.

Nem arra születtem, hogy kényszert alkalmazzanak velem szemben. Szabadon akarok lélegezni. Hadd lássuk, ki az erÅ'sebb. (…) Engem csak azok kényszeríthetnek valamire, akik valamilyen magasabb törvénynek engedelmeskednek, mint én.

Virtue does not remain as an abandoned orphan; it must of necessity have neighbors.

Por intensa que sea mi experiencia, soy consciente de la presencia y de la crítica de una parte de mi ser, la cual, digámoslo así, no es parte de mí, sino un espectador que no comparte la experiencia, pero toma nota de ella, y que no es más yo que tú.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats.

the very pattering of the drops, and in every sound and sight around my house, an infinite and unaccountable friendliness all at once like an atmosphere sustaining me, as made the fancied advantages of human neighborhood insignificant, and I have never thought of them since.

Valamennyien szobrászok, festÅ'k vagyunk, nyersanyagunk a tulajdon testünk, húsunk és vérünk.

The first sparrow of spring! The year beginning with younger hope than ever!