--- title: "22 Fire Quotes By Henry David Thoreau" description: "22 Fire quotes by Henry David Thoreau. Plus more from Henry David Thoreau and more Fire sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/henry-david-thoreau-20_equal_what-fire-could-ever-equal-the-sunshine_1649906.jpg" --- > [What fire could ever equal the sunshine of a winter's day?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/what-fire-could-ever-equal-the-sunshine-of-a-winter-s-day/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/henry-david-thoreau-20_equal_what-fire-could-ever-equal-the-sunshine_1649906.jpg) > [The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-fire-is-the-main-comfort-of-the-camp-whether-in-summer-or-winter-2/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/henry-david-thoreau-20_camp_the-fire-is-the-main-comfort-of-the-camp_3032988.jpg) > [Keep up the fires of thought, and all will go well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/keep-up-the-fires-of-thought-and-all-will-go-well/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/henry-david-thoreau-20_confidence_keep-up-the-fires-of-thought-and-all-wil_1641972.jpg) > [Fire is the most tolerable third party](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/fire-is-the-most-tolerable-third-party/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/henry-david-thoreau-20_fire_fire-is-the-most-tolerable-third-party-2_2984976.jpg) > [The next time the novelist rings the bell I will not stir though the meeting-house burn down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-next-time-the-novelist-rings-the-bell-i-will-not-stir-though-the/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72a/henry-david-thoreau-20_bells_the-next-time-the-novelist-rings-the-bel_2888178.jpg) > [There is a slumbering subterranean fire in nature which never goes out, and which no cold can chill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/there-is-a-slumbering-subterranean-fire-in-nature-which-never-goes/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/henry-david-thoreau-20_chill_there-is-a-slumbering-subterranean-fire_1408255.jpg) > [“If I put my head deliberately into the fire, there is no appeal to fire or to the maker of fire, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/if-i-put-my-head-deliberately-into-the-fire-there-is-no-appeal-to/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/646/henry-david-thoreau-20_fire_if-i-put-my-head-deliberately-into-the-f_1399876.jpg) > [If you are chosen town clerk, forsooth, you cannot go to Tierra del Fuego this summer; but you may go to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/if-you-are-chosen-town-clerk-forsooth-you-cannot-go-to-tierra-del/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/henry-david-thoreau-20_chosen_if-you-are-chosen-town-clerk-forsooth-yo_556721.jpg) > [The inhabitants of Canada appeared to be suffering between two fires,--the soldiery and the priesthood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-inhabitants-of-canada-appeared-to-be-suffering-between-two-fires/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/henry-david-thoreau-20_canada_the-inhabitants-of-canada-appeared-to-be_381326.jpg) > [The divinity in man is the true vestal fire of the temple which is never permitted to go out, but burns as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-divinity-in-man-is-the-true-vestal-fire-of-the-temple-which-is/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/henry-david-thoreau-20_altars_the-divinity-in-man-is-the-true-vestal-f_451298.jpg) > [Of what use were it, pray, to get a little wood to burn, to warm your body this cold weather, if there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/of-what-use-were-it-pray-to-get-a-little-wood-to-burn-to-warm-your/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/henry-david-thoreau-20_body_of-what-use-were-it-pray-to-get-a-little_601066.jpg) > [Men go to a fire for entertainment. When I see how eagerly men will run to a fire, whether in warm or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/men-go-to-a-fire-for-entertainment-when-i-see-how-eagerly-men-will/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e3/henry-david-thoreau-20_cold_men-go-to-a-fire-for-entertainment-when_1968752.jpg) > [The animal merely makes a bed, which he warms with his body, in a sheltered place; but man, having discovered fire, boxes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-animal-merely-makes-a-bed-which-he-warms-with-his-body-in-a-2/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/henry-david-thoreau-20_animal_the-animal-merely-makes-a-bed-which-he-w_3030312.jpg) > [I was awakened at midnight by some heavy, low-flying bird, probably a loon, flapping by close over my head, along the shore.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-was-awakened-at-midnight-by-some-heavy-low-flying-bird-probably-a/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/henry-david-thoreau-20_awakened_i-was-awakened-at-midnight-by-some-heavy_438330.jpg) > [We love to hear some men speak, though we hear not what they say; the very air they breathe is rich and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/we-love-to-hear-some-men-speak-though-we-hear-not-what-they-say-the/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/henry-david-thoreau-20_air_we-love-to-hear-some-men-speak-though-we_1788570.jpg) > [The lumberers rarely trouble themselves to put out their fires, such is the dampness of the primitive forest; and this is one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-lumberers-rarely-trouble-themselves-to-put-out-their-fires-such/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/henry-david-thoreau-20_fire_the-lumberers-rarely-trouble-themselves_10968.jpg) > [The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-fire-is-the-main-comfort-of-the-camp-whether-in-summer-or-winter/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/192/henry-david-thoreau-20_camping_the-fire-is-the-main-comfort-of-the-camp_1648505.jpg) > [The animal merely makes a bed, which he warms with his body in a sheltered place; but man, having discovered fire, boxes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-animal-merely-makes-a-bed-which-he-warms-with-his-body-in-a/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/henry-david-thoreau-20_air_the-animal-merely-makes-a-bed-which-he-w_2685514.jpg) > [The woodchopper reads the wisdom of the ages recorded on the paper that holds his dinner, then lights his pipe with it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-woodchopper-reads-the-wisdom-of-the-ages-recorded-on-the-paper/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/henry-david-thoreau-20_age_the-woodchopper-reads-the-wisdom-of-the_736173.jpg) > [The next day the Indian told me their name for this light,--artoosoq',--and on my inquiring concerning the will-o'-the-wisp, and the like phenomena,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-next-day-the-indian-told-me-their-name-for-this-light-artoosoq/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/henry-david-thoreau-20_fire_the-next-day-the-indian-told-me-their-na_443738.jpg) > [For my part, I feel that with regard to Nature I live a sort of border life, on the confines of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/for-my-part-i-feel-that-with-regard-to-nature-i-live-a-sort-of-border/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/henry-david-thoreau-20_allegiance_for-my-part-i-feel-that-with-regard-to-n_2656769.jpg) > [Whatever beauty we behold, the more it is distant, serene, and cold, the purer and more durable it is. It is better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/whatever-beauty-we-behold-the-more-it-is-distant-serene-and-cold-the/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d2/henry-david-thoreau-20_beauty_whatever-beauty-we-behold-the-more-it-is_2280231.jpg) ## Other authors on Fire - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kristin-cashore-57885.jpg) Kristin Cashore 41 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/kristin-cashore/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rumi-81702.jpg) Rumi 39 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/rumi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 35 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/rick-riordan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 35 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/charles-dickens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-suzanne-collins-88237.jpg) Suzanne Collins 32 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/suzanne-collins/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 29 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 27 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pablo-neruda-73079.jpg) Pablo Neruda 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/pablo-neruda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/cassandra-clare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-heather-james-41000.jpg) Heather James 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/heather-james/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ray-bradbury-77494.jpg) Ray Bradbury 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/ray-bradbury/) ## More by Henry David Thoreau > [If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/if-ever-i-did-a-man-any-goodof-course-it-was-something-exceptional/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/our-inventions-are-wont-to-be-pretty-toys-which-distract-our/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [“Men say they know many things; But lo! they have taken wings, — The arts and sciences, And a thousand appliances; The wind that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/men-say-they-know-many-things-but-lo-they-have-taken-wings-the-arts/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [I am not afraid of praise, for I have practiced it on myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-am-not-afraid-of-praise-for-i-have-practiced-it-on-myself/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or back gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/all-voting-is-a-sort-of-gaming-like-checkers-or-back-gammon-with-a/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [“This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/this-spending-of-the-best-part-of-one-s-life-earning-money-in-order/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/as-for-doing-good-that-is-one-of-the-professions-which-is-full/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/a-traveler-who-looks-at-things-with-an-impartial-eye-may-see-what-the/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post office. You may depend on it, that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/in-proportion-as-our-inward-life-fails-we-go-more-constantly-and/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-had-three-chairs-in-my-house-one-for-solitude-two-for-friendship/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-still-youthful-energies-of-the-globe-have-only-to-be-directed-in/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [Concord's little arch does not span all our fate, nor is what transpires under it law for the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/concord-s-little-arch-does-not-span-all-our-fate-nor-is-what/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [The lumberers rarely trouble themselves to put out their fires, such is the dampness of the primitive forest; and this is one cause, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-lumberers-rarely-trouble-themselves-to-put-out-their-fires-such/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [“When he has obtained those things which are necessary to life, there is another alternative than to obtain the superfluities; and that is, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/when-he-has-obtained-those-things-which-are-necessary-to-life-there/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [Wealth is measured by the level of experience in all aspects of life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/wealth-is-measured-by-the-level-of-experience-in-all-aspects-of-life/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/henry-david-thoreau/#itemlist", "name": "22 Fire Quotes By Henry David Thoreau", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What fire could ever equal the sunshine of a winter's day?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry David Thoreau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/what-fire-could-ever-equal-the-sunshine-of-a-winter-s-day/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/henry-david-thoreau-20_equal_what-fire-could-ever-equal-the-sunshine_1649906.jpg", "contentUrl": 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