Thoreau's famous quotes, Thoreau's classic quotations

1. Only the combination of mind and nature can produce wisdom and imagination.

2. I like to be alone. I have never found a better companion than solitude.

3. A morning walk is a blessing to the whole day.

4. If I really talk to Yun, you must not be offended.

5. A city is a place where millions of people live alone together.

6. The mind is always inexperienced.

7. Excess wealth can only be exchanged for the life of the extravagant, but the necessities of the soul do not need to be purchased with money.

8. Sometimes being sick is good for your health.

9. Instead of giving me love, money or fame, give me the truth.

10. Only a person who has time to increase the wealth of his soul can truly enjoy leisure.

11. Kindness is the only investment that will never fail.

13. Human beings have become tools of their tools.

14. What’s the use of a beautiful house if you don’t have a tolerable planet to put it on?

15. The world is just a canvas for our imagination.

16. Most people live in quiet despair. When they enter their graves, their songs have not yet been sung.

17. Love is trying to turn the dream world into reality.

18. When we are leisurely and wise, we know that only big things and valuable things are permanent and absolutely exist, while small fears and pleasures are just shadows of reality.

19. If a man and his companions do not keep pace, perhaps it is because he hears a different kind of drum beat. Just let him go at his own pace, no matter how fast, slow or far he goes.

20. Don’t hire someone who works for you for money.

21. Virtue and good deeds are the only unbeatable investment.

22. Those who have time to increase their spiritual wealth are the ones who truly enjoy comfort.

23. Human beings are like a buoy that cannot be sunk by any wind or wave.

24. I would rather sit alone on a pumpkin than sit crowded on a velvet cushion.

25. We can also hate people who we can love. The rest are of no consequence to us.

26. Even in heaven, those who find fault will find their thorns.

27. Many people have fished for a lifetime, but they don’t know that their purpose of fishing is not for fish.

28. We will not begin to understand ourselves until we are lost.

29. Excess wealth can only buy excess things.

30. Most luxuries and many so-called conveniences of life are not only indispensable, but also an obstacle to human progress.

31. Absolutely speaking, the more wealth there is, the less virtue there is.

32. Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

33. Pursue your dreams with confidence! Live the life of your dreams. When you make your life simple, the laws of the universe will also become simple.

34. Life has no value unless you choose and give it value. There is no happiness anywhere unless you bring happiness to yourself.

35. Our most real life is when we are awake and living in our dreams.

36. We must learn to wake up again and keep ourselves awake, not with mechanical help, but with infinite expectations for the dawn.

37. Live out your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

38. Our lives are spent on details...simple, no matter how simple.

39. Don’t look back unless you want to walk back.

40. The price of anything is equal to how much life you spend in exchange for it.

41. Heaven is above our heads and also under our feet.

42. You must live in the present, ride every wave and find your eternity in every moment. Fools stand on their islands of opportunity looking for another piece of land. There is no other land, no other life but this life.

43. Live through every season; breathe the air, drink the water, taste the fruits, and let yourself feel their impact on you.

44. The greatest gains and values ??are far from being appreciated by people. It’s easy to doubt their existence. We quickly forget about them. They are the highest reality. Perhaps the most astonishing and true facts are never communicated between people. The most real harvest of my daily life is as elusive and indescribable as the morning glow and dusk. That's a bit of stardust I caught, a rainbow.

45. A truly good book teaches me much more than just reading it.

I had to quickly put it aside and live by it. I started by reading and ended up taking action.

46. What is beneficial to the body is labor, what is beneficial to the soul is soul work, and what is beneficial to both is working for others. Excerpts from Walden Thoreau's classic quotations and famous sayings

1. How a person views himself determines his destiny and points to his destination. So it is with our outlook, which becomes brighter when better ideas are poured into it. No matter how humble your life is, you must face life bravely without escaping, let alone cursing it with bad words. -- Thoreau "The Faith of Seeds"

2 The more a person can let go of many things, the richer he will be. A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. --Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"

3 From now on, don't live the way you should live. Life, live the life you want! --Thoreau

4. I like to be alone. I have never found a better companion than solitude.

5. An early morning walk is a blessing to the entire day.

6. If I really talk to Yun, you must not be offended.

7. A city is a place where millions of people live alone together.

8. If a man and his companions do not keep pace, perhaps it is because he hears a different kind of drumbeat. Just let him go at his own pace, no matter how fast, slow or far he goes.

9. Wealth is the ability to experience life fully.

10. Pursue your dreams with confidence! Live the life of your dreams.

11. When you make your life simple, the laws of the universe will also become simple.

12. Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

13. Our lives are spent on details. Simple, no matter how simple

14: Because in this world, people only need to close their eyes and turn around, and they will get lost. --Thoreau, "Walden"

15: Only when we awaken will genius dawn. It’s not just the dawn that breaks. The sun is nothing but a morning star. --Thoreau, "Walden"

16: There is no cure for love, only love deeper. --Thoreau, "Walden"

17. A long time ago I lost a hound, a sorrel horse, and a turtle dove, and I am still tracking them. To many travelers I described their condition, their tracks, and the calls they responded to. I have met one or two people who have heard the barking of hounds, the sound of galloping horses, and even seen a turtle dove disappearing into the clouds. They are also anxious to track them back, as if they themselves had lost them. Everyone has his own lost hound, sorrel horse, and turtle dove. Some people are looking for it all their lives, while some people are indifferent. Henry David Thoreau "Walden"

18. It is a wonderful night. There is only one feeling in the whole body, and every pore is soaked with joy. As a part of nature, I can come and go as I please. Henry David Thoreau's "Walden"

19. I want to live deeply, absorb the essence of life, and live steadily and Spartanly in order to eradicate For all things that are not life, set aside a mowing area, cut or prune it carefully, compress life into a corner, reduce it to the lowest conditions. Life really requires my heart to live it. experience. Henry David Thoreau "Walden"

20. Wisdom and purity come from hard work, while ignorance and indulgence come from laziness. Thoreau "Walden"

21. All things, whether good or evil, flow through us like water. Thoreau's "Walden"

22. Any language that can withstand re-reading must be worth thinking about Thoreau again

23. In fact, I shouldn't talk too much about myself , provided that I understand others as thoroughly as I understand myself. Thoreau's "Walden"

24. Nothing has changed, it is we who have changed Thoreau's "Walden"

25. The light that blinds us is ours dark. Thoreau "Walden"

26. No matter how hard two legs try, they cannot bring two heads closer. Thoreau's "Walden"

27. I saw the color of lilacs, still so elegant, soft, humble, and so pleasing to the eye. Thoreau's "Walden"

28. Everyone is the craftsman of his own happiness. Thoreau

29: If a person can move confidently in the direction of his dreams and work hard to manage the life he wants, he can achieve success that is usually unexpected.

--Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"

30: Most of the time, I think loneliness is healthy. Having company, even the best company, soon tires you of it and makes you miserable. I love solitude. I have never met a better companion than loneliness. --Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"

31: I would like to go my own way, and I don't want to put on any pretense or show off, and I don't want to ---I don't want to live in this restless, neurotic, In the busy and trivial life of the century, I would rather stand or sit, meditate, and let the century pass by. --Thoreau "Walden"

32. The world is just a canvas for our imagination.

33. Those who have time to increase their spiritual wealth are the ones who truly enjoy comfort.

34. Virtue and good deeds are the only unbeatable investment.

35. When you pay too much attention to details, you are wasting your life bit by bit. If you really want to do something, just use your hands. If it's still not enough, just add your feet and you'll be able to do it. Simplify everything! simplify! Simplify it again!

36. Pursue your dreams with confidence! Live the life of your dreams. When you make your life simple, the laws of the universe will also become simple.

37. Our most real life is when we are awake and living in our dreams.

38. Human beings are like a buoy that cannot be sunk by any wind or wave.

39. Many people have fished for a lifetime, but they don’t know that their purpose of fishing is not for fish.

40. The necessities of the soul do not need to be purchased with money.

41. A city is a place where millions of people live alone together.

42. Human beings have become tools of their tools.

43. Only when we are lost can we begin to understand ourselves.

44. Don’t look back unless you want to walk back.

45. Books are the world’s precious wealth and an excellent heritage of the country and history.

46: Why does a bucket of water become smelly after being left for a long time, while water freezes and becomes ice? Can it remain sweet forever? Philosophers say that this is like the difference between emotion and reason. --Thoreau, "Walden"

47: Every morning is a pleasant invitation, making my life as simple as nature herself, perhaps I may say, as pure and flawless. --Thoreau, "Walden"

48: Spending the most precious part of a person's life to make money, in order to enjoy a little questionable freedom in the least precious part of his time. --Henry David Thoreau "Walden" Thoreau's famous quotes in English

1. Don't hire someone who works for you for money.

Don't hire a man for money work for you.

2. Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Rich is the ability to experience life altogether.

3. Excess wealth can only buy excess things.

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.

4. Sometimes being sick is good for your health.

Sometimes illness is healthy.

5. Virtue and good deeds are the only unbeatable investment.

Morality is the only undefeated investment good deeds.

6. Love is trying to turn the dream world into reality.

Love is to try to turn the dream world into reality.

7. We will not begin to understand ourselves until we are lost.

When we lose, we will begin to know yourself.

8. Absolutely speaking, the more wealth there is, the less virtue there is.

Absolutely, the more wealth, the less they virtue.

9. Everyone is the craftsman of his own happiness.

Anyone is the artisan of his own happiness.

10. Heaven is above our heads and also under our feet.

Heaven in our head, also under our feet.

11. The world is just a canvas for our imagination.

The world is just our imagination of the canvas.

12. The mind is always inexperienced.

Mind is always lack of experience.

13. Human beings have become tools of their tools.

The human race has become the tool of their tools.

14. Don’t look back unless you want to walk back.

Don't look back, unless you want to walk home.

15. If I really talk to Yun, you must not be offended.

If I really spoke to cloud, you must not normal.

16. Kindness is the only investment that will never fail.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails forever.

17. A morning walk is a blessing to the whole day.

The walk is a blessing for the whole day early in the morning.

18. A city is a place where millions of people live alone together.

City is a place of millions of people living alone together.

19. Those who persistently pursue and get the greatest happiness from it are the successful ones.

persistent pursuit, and get the greatest joy is the winner.

20. Even in heaven, those who find fault will find their thorns.

Even in the paradise, the discerning people will find the thorn.

21. Human beings are like a buoy, which cannot be sunk by any wind or wave.

The human, is like a buoy, any wind could not make it sunk.

22. The price of anything is equal to how much life you spend in exchange for it.

The price of everything is equal to how much you use life for it.

23. The necessities of the soul do not need to be purchased with money.

The necessity of the soul does not need to use money to buy.

24. Instead of giving me love, money or fame, give me the truth.

Give me rather than love, than money or fame give me truth.

25. Books are the world’s precious wealth and an excellent legacy of the country and history.

Book is the precious wealth, is a national heritage and history.

26. Our most real life is when we are awake and living in our dreams.

We are the most real life when we are awake to live in my own dream.

27. I like to be alone. I have never found a better companion than solitude.

I like to be alone. Ive never met a better partner than loneliness.

28. Only a person who has time to increase the wealth of his soul can truly enjoy leisure.

A time to increase the wealth of his soul man can really enjoy leisure.

29. Only the combination of mind and nature can produce wisdom and imagination.

Combined to produce wisdom mind and nature, and to have an imagination.

30. I would rather sit alone on a pumpkin than sit crowded on a velvet cushion.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin, alone and not crowded, sitting on the seat of the velvet.

31. What’s the use of a beautiful house if you don’t have a tolerable planet to put it on?

What a beautiful house is good again, if you don't have to put it a tolerable planet?

32. Those who have time to increase their spiritual wealth are the ones who truly enjoy comfort.

Having time to increase his spiritual wealth of talent is the person who really enjoys the comfort.

33. Most people live in quiet despair. When they enter their graves, their songs have not yet been sung.

Most people live in quiet desperation, when they entered the tomb, their songs sung yet.

34. Live through every season; breathe the air, drink the water, taste the fruits, and let yourself feel their impact on you.

Live each season; Breathing air, water, taste the fruit, let yourself feel they affect you.

35. Many people have fished for a lifetime, but they don’t know that their purpose of fishing is not for fish.

Many people caught a lifetime of fish, but I do not know their purpose is not to fish on a fishing trip.

36. Excess wealth can only be exchanged for the life of the extravagant, but the necessities of the soul do not need to be purchased with money.

Superfluous wealth can only exchange for luxuries of life, the heart is don’t need to use money to buy necessities.

37. We can also hate people who we can love. The rest are of no consequence to us.

We are able to love, we can also hate them. While the rest of the people, it doesn't matter to us.

38. What is beneficial to the body is labor, what is beneficial to the soul is soul work, and what is beneficial to both is working for others.

Beneficial to the body is beneficial work, and soul is the work of the soul, in both the beneficial work for others.

39. Most luxuries and many so-called conveniences of life are not only indispensable, but also an obstacle to human progress.

Most of the luxuries, and many so-called life conveniences, are not only not indispensable, but also is a hindrance to human progress. Walden Pond Classic Quotations by Thoreau

1. A critical person can find flaws even in heaven. A person with peace of mind can live a contented life anywhere. Nothing has changed, we are changing.

2. Most of the time, I think loneliness is good for health.

Having company, even the best company, soon tires you of it and makes you miserable. I love solitude. I have never met a better companion than loneliness.

3. The surface of the earth is soft, and marks will appear when people step on it; similarly, the human soul will also walk out of paths.

4. Public opinion is nothing but a weak tyrant compared with our personal opinions. What a person thinks about himself determines his destiny, or rather, indicates his destiny.

5. If a person lives sincerely, he must live in a distant place.

6. Although luxuries surround us, we are still penniless compared with the thousand comforts of the savages.

7. Although I can’t be of much help when the sun rises, the only important thing at this time is that you are there when the sun rises

8. It is often necessary to use his How can a knowledgeable person remember his ignorance well?

9. There is no worse smell than the smell of a dead man.

10. Everyone who knows how to read has the power to amplify himself, greatly increase his means of survival, and make his life fulfilling, meaningful, and interesting.

11. Those things that the elderly tell you cannot be done, you might as well try to do them, and finally find that you can actually do them.

12. Remember, an opportunity can only appear once.

13. Water is the only drink for a smart person, and wine is not such a noble liquid.

14. Let us spend every day as leisurely as nature does, without letting any nut or mosquito wing fall on the railway track throw us off the track. Determine to spend every day well and not have any regrets in your life.

15. People must act according to their conscience at all costs; life is very precious and should not be wasted meaninglessly just to make a living; the world of woods and streams is good, but the bustling city with crisscrossed streets The world is bad.

16. A man should dress simply so that he can feel himself in the dark, and be simple and prepared in all aspects of his life, so that if an enemy captures a town, he can, like the ancient philosophers, He walked out of the city gate empty-handed without any worries.

17. Things necessary for the human soul do not need to be bought with money.

18. There are so many falsehoods and hypocrisy in human society, they are like the chaff that is difficult to separate from the wheat grain. Like everyone, I also deplore this very much.

19. The purity that people like is the fog surrounding the earth, not the blue space outside the fog.

20. If you reach a certain state in life, you will naturally think that you can settle down anywhere.

21. It is never too late to give up prejudice.

22. If it were possible to live without any belief, we would avoid it at all costs.

23. If you are familiar with the principles of this kind of event, what meaning do the various examples and evidences have to you?

24. If we are just chattering and talking loudly, then we can be close together and feel each other's breath; but if we speak implicitly and thoughtfully, then we will hope that Both parties stand far apart to give all that animal heat and moisture a chance to evaporate.

25. Socializing is often cheap. The time spent together was too short for each other to gain anything new and valuable.

26. Time determines who you will meet in life, your heart determines who you want to appear in your life, and your behavior determines who stays in the end.

27. The world is nothing but what is outside the body

28. It is the arrogant and extravagant people who create the fashion that the people strive to follow.

29. The so-called resignation is a kind of confirmed despair.

30. He is neither great nor holy, he is just a slave and prisoner of his own thoughts. This title is worthy of what he has done.

31. What he focuses on is living freely, rather than being attached to an external form of life.

32. Everything has not changed, it is us who are changing.

33. Why does a bucket of water turn smelly if left for a long time, but why does water remain sweet forever after being frozen into ice? Philosophers say that this is like the difference between emotion and reason.

34. Subtract from life and add to thoughts

35. I walk into the jungle because I want life to be meaningful, I want to live profoundly, and absorb everything in life. of essence. And then learn from it, lest I end my life and find out I never lived.

36. I have never imagined that there are any atrocities in the world worse than what I committed. I have never met before and will never meet a worse person than myself.

37. I saw how those years rushed by. After winter, spring came.

38. I can predict that once one person transforms the imagination in his mind into a possible reality, then everyone in the future will live and build on it.

39. We admire illusions and hallucinations as the highest truth, but regard reality as nonsense.

40. We are forced to live so seriously and sincerely, respecting our lives and denying the possibility of change. We say that this is the only way to live; but there are as many ways to live as there are radii that can be drawn from the center of the circle.

41. The best qualities of our nature are like the frost on fruits. They can only be preserved if we treat them with the most care.

42. We cannot touch the horizon with just one hand

43. We benefit from the light and heat of the sun, and we should also have corresponding trust and magnanimity.

44. Our houses are so heavy and heavy that we often do not live in them, but are imprisoned in them.

45. We are all guinea pigs in the same experiment in life, and this experiment really doesn't appeal to me at all.

46. We say that we can only live this way, but there are so many radii that can be drawn from the center of the circle, and there are so many ways of life. All changes are miracles worth thinking about, and everything that happens in every moment can be a miracle

47. We are always in a hurry and always seem to be rushing somewhere, even when we are on vacation or playing. I hurriedly ran through all the scenic spots marked on the map, going to one click, click, and then another click, click, and then brought back photos that I could show off to others.

48. I would rather walk my way alone, or if possible, in the company of the Builder of the Universe, than wander through the streets in a crowd of well-dressed people; I do not want to live in this restless, I would rather stand or sit and think about the neurotic, noisy, and fragmented 19th century and let it pass quietly.

49. I believe that one day: we will become better ourselves, become the support of our parents, and become people worthy of love!

50. I want to go my own way, and I don’t want to put on makeup and show off. I don’t want to --- I don’t want to live in this restless, neurotic, hectic, and trivial century life. I would rather or immediately Or sit, meditate, and let the century pass.

51. I am willing to plunge deeply into life, suck out the marrow of life, live a solid and simple life, cleanly eliminate all content that does not belong to life, and push life to the extreme, simple In its most basic form, simple, simple, simpler.

52. After all, I am just a passer-by in your life!

53. No matter how ancient the thoughts and behaviors are, they cannot be believed without verification.

54. No matter how hard the two legs work, they cannot bring the two hearts closer

55. Many people live seemingly peaceful lives, but in fact they are hopeless. Life, this is the fate of despair. You go from the hopeless city to the hopeless countryside, comforting yourself like mink and muskrat. Underneath human rest and recreation lies the unconscious despair of traditional vices. This kind of rest and recreation has no real meaning of entertainment, because only after real work can there be real entertainment. Not doing hopeless things is true wisdom.

56. Students should think more. They should not play with life, or purely study life, and ask society to pay a high price to support them. They should live passionately from beginning to end.

57. The most important news is to know that you will never age.

58. The weak and confident opposition deep in the heart of a healthy person will eventually overcome all kinds of human eloquence and customs.

59. A person’s value does not lie in his skin, we don’t need to touch him.

60. If a person lives sincerely, he must live in a distant country.

61. If a person can confidently move towards the place of his dreams and work hard to manage the life he yearns for, then he can achieve unexpected success. He will leave something behind and cross an invisible line; new, wider, freer laws will surround him and establish themselves within him; or old laws will expand and become Interpreted in his favor in a freer sense, he can qualify for a higher order of life. The simpler his life is, the simpler the laws of the universe will appear. Loneliness will no longer be lonely, poverty will no longer be poverty, and weakness will no longer be weakness. If you build castles in the air, your work is not in vain.

62. If a person can move confidently in the direction of his dreams and work hard to manage the life he wants, he can achieve success that is usually unexpected.

63. How a person views himself determines his fate and points to his destination.

64. Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared to our personal beliefs.

65. The life of all living beings is both quiet and desperate. The so-called resignation is a kind of confirmed despair.

66. At this time, I saw two big ants, one was red and the other was very big, almost half a foot long, and black. The two of them were interacting with each other. A fierce fight, no matter which one is broken, they will never give up. They just keep fighting and wrestling, and they keep rolling back and forth in the pile of small wood chips

67. Know yourself Knowing what you know and knowing what you don't know is true knowledge.

68. When you are the richest, your life is also the poorest. Fault-finders can find flaws even in heaven. A person with peace of mind can live a contented life anywhere, with uplifting and optimistic thoughts, just like living in a palace. There is no need to go through all kinds of troubles to find something new, whether it is clothes or friends. Renovate the old and get back into them. Nothing has changed, we are changing.