Henry David Thoreau Life Quotes

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What did Henry David Thoreau say about Life?

Henry David Thoreau has written many quotes about Life. E.g.,

  • I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.
  • If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.
  • If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.

What are the top most famous Life quotes by Henry David Thoreau?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Life by Henry David Thoreau.

  • I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.
  • If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.
  • If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.
  • Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
  • I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
  • Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
  • If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
  • Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
  • A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
  • Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something.