Henry David Thoreau quotes with context
Henry David Thoreau (1817 to 1862) spent a little over two years from 1845 in a cabin he built himself at Walden Pond, Massachusetts. The result was “Walden” (1854), a book about simple living and paying attention. His essay on civil disobedience later influenced Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
36 quotes by Henry David Thoreau
11 of the 36 quotes are marked as paraphrased: free renderings, not a documented wording.
Mindfulness 7
In every moment lies a world if you look.
Silence is not empty when someone truly arrives in it.
Between impulse and response lies the place where you become human again.
What you touch without noticing you lose even while you have it.
Peace begins when you stop confusing yourself with every thought.
Thoughts are guests; you don't have to give everyone a key.
Being present is a form of love that needs no grand words.
Gratitude 19
A quiet evening is worth more than a thousand noisy celebrations.
A garden that grows needs no recognition.
Not what is missing makes poor, but the failure to see what is there.
A garden that grows needs no admiration.
Habit makes the extraordinary ordinary, and the ordinary invisible.
The sound of rain on the roof is a song for those who listen.
It is not possession that brings happiness, but awareness.
Not the rare but the overlooked is the most beautiful.
What you possess also possesses you, if you don't know what you have.
Whoever walks attentively through a forest understands why it exists.
The best thing about everyday life is that it is lived, not merely survived.
What you see today and miss tomorrow is in this moment perfect.
The simple thing fully experienced surpasses everything complicated.
What the earth carries it carries in silence.
What is familiar is overlooked. What is missing is missed.
The rustling of leaves is to the listening ear a complete language.
The simple thing faithfully lived surpasses the great thing half-heartedly lived.
An evening without plans is sometimes the richest.
In the modesty of the ordinary lies the foundation of happiness.
Focus 10
Whoever does everything at once experiences the depth of nothing.
Not every call from outside deserves an answer from inside.
A day with a clear goal is better than a week full of busyness.
The deepest in life lies in the simple if you are willing to look there.
The secret of strength lies in the concentration of force.
Life doesn't consist of having more things, but of caring about fewer.
A goal without sacrifice is just a wish with a better name.
Mastery arises when repetition no longer asks for applause.
Discipline is a reminder of what matters more to you than the mood.
Every hour spent with intention counts more than a day of distraction.
One thought a day.
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