Henry David Thoreau Quotes

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

topic:nature heaven

“This world is but canvas to our imaginations.”

― Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

topic:world imagination

“It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

topic:evil

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

topic:evil

“Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

topic:change

“It is never too late to give up our prejudices.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

topic:change

“The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience

topic:government people

“Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience

topic:government democracy respect

“Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience

topic:government justice

“The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience

topic:government people

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