Thinking Quotes by Henry David Thoreau

Keep up the fires of thought, and all will go well.

— Henry David Thoreau

A man thinks as well through his legs and arms as this brain.

— Henry David Thoreau

My Friend is that one whom I can associate with my choicest thought.

— Henry David Thoreau

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

— Henry David Thoreau

As a man thinks of himself, so he is.

— Henry David Thoreau

You fail in your thoughts, or you prevail in your thoughts only.

— Henry David Thoreau

Any sincere thought is irresistible.

— Henry David Thoreau

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

— Henry David Thoreau

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that he should do so to the exclusion…

— Henry David Thoreau

What wealth is it to have such friends that we cannot think of them without elevation!

— Henry David Thoreau

I know a good woman who thinks that her son lost his life because he took to drinking water only.

— Henry David Thoreau

We live thick and are in each other's way, and stumble over one another, and I think we thus lose some respect…

— Henry David Thoreau

I had a classmate who fitted for college by the lamps of a lighthouse, which was more light, we think, than the…

— Henry David Thoreau

In my cheapest moments I am apt to think that it is n't my business to be "seeking the spirit," but as…

— Henry David Thoreau

For my part, I could easily do without the post-office. I think that there are very few important communications made through it.

— Henry David Thoreau

I learned what it is to live in the open air, and I learned that our lives are domestic in more sense…

— Henry David Thoreau

I think it would be worth the while to introduce a school of children to such [an oak grove], that they may…

— Henry David Thoreau

It is never too late to give up our prejudices. No way of thinking or doing, however, ancient, can be trusted without…

— Henry David Thoreau

Of course it is of no use to direct our steps to the woods, if they do not carry us thither. I…

— Henry David Thoreau

What a battle a man must fight everywhere to maintain his standing army of thoughts, and march with them in orderly array…

— Henry David Thoreau

Every child begins the world again, to some extent, and loves to stay outdoors, even in wet and cold. It plays house,…

— Henry David Thoreau

I saw a muskrat come out of a hole in the ice ... While I am looking at him, I am thinking…

— Henry David Thoreau

It is impossible to say all that we think, even to our truest Friend. We may bid him farewell forever sooner than…

— Henry David Thoreau

Do not despair of life. Think of the fox, prowling in a winter night to satisfy his hunger. His race survives; I…

— Henry David Thoreau

I do not hesitate to say, that those who call themselves Abolitionists should at once effectually withdraw their support, both inperson and…

— Henry David Thoreau

Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man…

— Henry David Thoreau

Four things to think about. 1. Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.…

— Henry David Thoreau

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with…

— Henry David Thoreau

Let no one think that I do not love the old ministers. They were, probably, the best men in their generation, and…

— Henry David Thoreau

This is a common experience in my traveling. I plod along, thinking what a miserable world this is and what miserable fellows…

— Henry David Thoreau

It is true, we are such poor navigators that our thoughts, for the most part, stand off and on upon a harborless…

— Henry David Thoreau

Nature has many scenes to exhibit, and constantly draws a curtain over this part or that. She is constantly repainting the landscape…

— Henry David Thoreau

“We are accustomed to say in New England that few and fewer pigeons visit us every year. Our forests furnish no mast…

— Henry David Thoreau

I have thoroughly tried school-keeping, and found that my expenses were in proportion, or rather out of proportion, to my income,for I…

— Henry David Thoreau

I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men.…

— Henry David Thoreau

Think for yourself, or others will think for you without thinking of you.

— Henry David Thoreau

In my walks, I would fain return to my senses. What business have I in the woods if I am thinking of…

— Henry David Thoreau

I am accustomed to think very long of going anywhere,--am slow to move. I hope to hear a response of the oracle…

— Henry David Thoreau

No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.

— Henry David Thoreau

Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg, by the side of which more will be laid.

— Henry David Thoreau