--- title: "12 Known Quotes By Henry David Thoreau" description: "12 Known quotes by Henry David Thoreau. Plus more from Henry David Thoreau and more Known sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/henry-david-thoreau-20_astronomy_it-is-the-stars-as-not-yet-known-to-scie_660378.jpg" --- > [It is the stars as not yet known to science that I would know, the stars which the lonely traveler knows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/it-is-the-stars-as-not-yet-known-to-science-that-i-would-know-the/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/henry-david-thoreau-20_astronomy_it-is-the-stars-as-not-yet-known-to-scie_660378.jpg) > [The American has dwindled into an Odd Fellow,-one who may be known by the development of his organ of gregariousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-american-has-dwindled-into-an-odd-fellow-one-who-may-be-known-by/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/henry-david-thoreau-20_company_the-american-has-dwindled-into-an-odd-fe_2881913.jpg) > [If a person lost would conclude that after all he is not lost, he is not beside himself, but standing in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/if-a-person-lost-would-conclude-that-after-all-he-is-not-lost-he-is/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/henry-david-thoreau-20_anxiety_if-a-person-lost-would-conclude-that-aft_2028443.jpg) > [What is a country without rabbits and partridges? They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products; ancient and venerable families…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/what-is-a-country-without-rabbits-and-partridges-they-are-among-the/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/henry-david-thoreau-20_ancient_what-is-a-country-without-rabbits-and-pa_318267.jpg) > [It is rare that we use our thinking faculty as resolutely as an irishman his spade. To please our friends and relatives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/it-is-rare-that-we-use-our-thinking-faculty-as-resolutely-as-an/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/henry-david-thoreau-20_faculty_it-is-rare-that-we-use-our-thinking-facu_479176.jpg) > [The process of discovery is very simple. An unwearied and systematic application of known laws to nature, causes the unknown to reveal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-process-of-discovery-is-very-simple-an-unwearied-and-systematic-2/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/henry-david-thoreau-20_application_the-process-of-discovery-is-very-simple_1659613.jpg) > [To speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/to-speak-practically-and-as-a-citizen-unlike-those-who-call/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/henry-david-thoreau-20_asks_to-speak-practically-and-as-a-citizen-un_2985969.jpg) > [The life in us is like the water in the river. It may rise this year higher than man has ever known…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-life-in-us-is-like-the-water-in-the-river-it-may-rise-this-year/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ef/henry-david-thoreau-20_dry_the-life-in-us-is-like-the-water-in-the_1738656.jpg) > [It is not every man who can be a Christian, even in a very moderate sense, whatever education you give him. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/it-is-not-every-man-who-can-be-a-christian-even-in-a-very-moderate/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/668/henry-david-thoreau-20_born_it-is-not-every-man-who-can-be-a-christi_1297495.jpg) > [In our most trivial walks, we are constantly, though unconsciously, steering like pilots by certain well-known beacons and headlands, and if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/in-our-most-trivial-walks-we-are-constantly-though-unconsciously/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/henry-david-thoreau-20_appreciate_in-our-most-trivial-walks-we-are-constan_1719674.jpg) > [It might be seen by what tenure men held the earth. The smallest stream is mediterranean sea, a smaller ocean creek within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/it-might-be-seen-by-what-tenure-men-held-the-earth-the-smallest/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a99/henry-david-thoreau-20_bounds_it-might-be-seen-by-what-tenure-men-held_1167017.jpg) > [The principal, the only, thing a man makes, is his condition of fate. Though commonly he does not know it, nor put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-principal-the-only-thing-a-man-makes-is-his-condition-of-fate/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/henry-david-thoreau-20_conditions_the-principal-the-only-thing-a-man-makes_1964328.jpg) ## Other authors on Known ## 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/known/henry-david-thoreau/#itemlist", "name": "12 Known Quotes By Henry David Thoreau", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is the stars as not yet known to science that I would know, the stars which the lonely traveler knows.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry David Thoreau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/it-is-the-stars-as-not-yet-known-to-science-that-i-would-know-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/henry-david-thoreau-20_astronomy_it-is-the-stars-as-not-yet-known-to-scie_660378.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/henry-david-thoreau-20_astronomy_it-is-the-stars-as-not-yet-known-to-scie_660378.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/henry-david-thoreau-20_astronomy_it-is-the-stars-as-not-yet-known-to-scie_660378.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is the stars as not yet known to science that I would know, the stars which the lonely traveler knows.” — Henry David Thoreau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The American has dwindled into an Odd Fellow,-one who may be known by the development of his organ of gregariousness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry David Thoreau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-american-has-dwindled-into-an-odd-fellow-one-who-may-be-known-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/henry-david-thoreau-20_company_the-american-has-dwindled-into-an-odd-fe_2881913.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/henry-david-thoreau-20_company_the-american-has-dwindled-into-an-odd-fe_2881913.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/henry-david-thoreau-20_company_the-american-has-dwindled-into-an-odd-fe_2881913.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The American has dwindled into an Odd Fellow,-one who may be known by the development of his organ of…” — Henry David Thoreau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If a person lost would conclude that after all he is not lost, he is not beside himself, but standing in his own old shoes on thevery spot where he is, and that for the time being he will live there; 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