Walden Quotes

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

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

topic:change

“We have had to agree on a certain set of rules, called etiquette and politeness, to make this frequent meeting tolerable and that we need not come to open war.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

topic:society war

“True, there never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

topic:society philosophy

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

topic:work dreams

“the man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

topic:loneliness others

“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

topic:books wealth

“While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

“A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

topic:thought

“beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

topic:appearance

“The philosopher is in advance of his age even in the outward form of his life.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

topic:philosophy

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