Henry David Thoreau Quotations: LIFE
The heart is forever inexperienced.—A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
The indecent haste and grossness with which our food is swallowed, have cast a disgrace on the very act of eating itself.—Journal, 16 July 1845
The life in us is like the water in the river. It may rise this year higher than man has ever known it, and flood the parched uplands; even this may be the eventful year, which will drown out all our muskrats.—Walden
The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others?—Walden
The light of the sun is but the shadow of love.—"Paradise (to be) Regained"
The love is faint-hearted and short-lived that is contented with the past history of its object. It does not prepare the soil to bear new crops lustier than the old.—Journal, 14 March 1842
The man of most science is the man most alive, whose life is the greatest event.—Journal, 6 May 1854
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.—Walden
The most alive is the wildest.—"Walking"
The music of all creatures has to do with their loves, even of toads and frogs. Is it not the same with man?—Journal, 6 May 1852
