Quotes by Henry David Thoreau

VARIANTS ON THE GOLDEN RULE: – As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also unto them likewise. (Luke, King James Version) – What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. (Confucious) – He has observed the Golden Rule ’til he’s become a golden fool. (William Blake) – I do unto ot…

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

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.

If you advance confidently in the direction of your own dreams, and endeavor to live the life which you have imagined, you will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that 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 the common hours.