Henry David Thoreau

I am not afraid of praise, for I have practiced it on myself.

Henry David Thoreau

I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad.

Henry David Thoreau

I do not know how to distinguish between our waking life and a dream. Are we not always living the life that we imagine we are?

Henry David Thoreau

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.

Henry David Thoreau

I have a great deal of company in my house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.

Henry David Thoreau

I have a room all to myself; it is nature.

Henry David Thoreau

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.

Henry David Thoreau

I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don’t get enough of it this year, I shall cry all the next.

Henry David Thoreau

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Henry David Thoreau

I make myself rich by making my wants few.

Henry David Thoreau