Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Browse 4 of the most memorable quotes by Henry David Thoreau, spanning themes of life, inspiration, success and positivity. Each quote has its own page with related quotes and a free tool to turn it into a shareable image.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
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Simplify, simplify, simplify.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
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All good things are wild and free.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
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